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    ap·pall·ing
    [əˈpôliNG]
    adjective
    appalling (adjective)
    1. causing shock or dismay; horrific:
      "the cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack"
      • very bad; awful:
        "his conduct was appalling"
    ap·pall
    [əˈpôl]
    verb
    appalling (present participle)
    1. greatly dismay or horrify:
      "bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some officials"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English).
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    adjective
    1. causing shock or dismay; horrific:
      shocking
      horrific
      horrifying
      horrible
      terrible
      awful
      dreadful
      ghastly
      hideous
      horrendous
      frightful
      atrocious
      abominable
      abhorrent
      outrageous
      hateful
      loathsome
      odious
      gruesome
      grisly
      monstrous
      nightmarish
      heinous
      harrowing
      dire
      vile
      shameful
      unspeakable
      unforgivable
      unpardonable
      abject
      disgusting
      revolting
      repellent
      repulsive
      repugnant
      sickening
      nauseating
      egregious
    verb
    1. greatly dismay or horrify:
      horrify
      shock
      dismay
      outrage
      scandalize
      alarm
      make someone's blood run cold
      make someone's hair stand on end
      disgust
      repel
      revolt
      sicken
      nauseate
      offend
      distress greatly
     
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  1. Very bad or causing dismay or horror
    appalling. adjective. 1. Very bad: awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible. 2. Causing or able to cause fear: dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.

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    adjective causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.

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    Appalling means causing extreme dismay, horror, or revulsion, or very bad. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and related words for appalling.

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    Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of APPALLING is inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust. How to use appalling in a sentence.

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    What is appalling adjective?
    Definition of appalling adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (North American English, formal or British English) extremely bad, especially from a moral point of view synonym shocking The prisoners were living in appalling conditions. It was one of the most appalling atrocities of the war.

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    Causing consternation or dismay; frightful. Appalling working conditions. Causing horror, shock, or dismay. Horrifying and astonishing. That was an appalling waste of money. Present participle of appall. The picture given of Jerusalemite morals is an appalling one. I've never done it, but it sounds appalling. Bound to be truly appalling, isn't it?

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    Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of appall? APPALL meaning: 1. to make someone have strong feelings of shock or of disapproval: 2. to cause someone to be….

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    What does it mean to be appalled by a person?
    We were appalled by his behavior. dismay, appall, horrify, daunt mean to unnerve or deter by arousing fear, apprehension, or aversion. dismay implies that one is disconcerted and at a loss as to how to deal with something. appall implies that one is faced with that which perturbs, confounds, or shocks.

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    How do you use appalling in a sentence?
    The detection rate for some crimes is appallingly low. You can use appalling to emphasize that something is very great or severe. I developed an appalling headache.

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    Appall means to make someone have strong feelings of shock or of disapproval. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and explore examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and Wikipedia.

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    Learn the adjective and verb meanings of appalling, a word that describes something causing horror, shock, or dismay. See synonyms, antonyms, and sentence examples of appalling.

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