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Synonyms for appalling


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-paw-ling
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɔ lɪŋ

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Définition of appalling

Origin :
  • 1620s, present participle adjective from appall. Colloquial weakened sense of "distasteful" is attested from 1919.
  • adj horrifying
Example sentences :
  • Their ignorance, with the single exception of horse-flesh, is appalling.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The conditions are appalling, but, according to the custom of the country, they are "moral."
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • She looked over the cliff down an appalling depth of hundreds of feet.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It was followed by a fear, an appalling fear, more painful than the remorse.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is not the presence of people that makes London appalling.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • But I knew it must be an appalling total of tons to the square inch.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • After another hour's work the monkey made an appalling discovery.
  • Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
  • It made them shudder, it presented such an appalling panorama of ruin.
  • Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
  • "Ask your husband," he said, with emphasis, and an appalling calmness.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • So rich and so appalling was the effect, that Philip could scarcely suppress a cry.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

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