appallingadjective
uk/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ/us/əˈpɑː.lɪŋ/C1 very bad:
appalling weather
The drive home was appalling.
C2 shocking and very bad:
appalling injuries
Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.
More examples
- He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war.
- Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling.
- Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork?
- After her appalling behaviour, we had no option but to dismiss her.
- The standard of cleanliness in some of these restaurants is frankly appalling.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- awfully
- belief
- bitter
- corrosive
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- hateful
- noxious
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- shockingly
- stinking
- wretched
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appallingly
adverb uk/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ.li/us/əˈpɑː.lɪŋ.li/
The number of casualties was appallingly high in both wars.
The whole play was appallingly (= very badly) acted.