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appalling

/əˈpɔlɪŋ/

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What does appalling mean?

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of appall

adjective

  1. Horrifying and astonishing.
  2. Extremely unfavorable; terrible.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈpɔlɪŋ/

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How thoroughly a human being can be buffeted and overmastered by Fate, had been borne in upon her with appalling force.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
His gray, appalling face had attracted attention in the crowd, and men, slowing to his dreary pace, were walking with him.
Stephen CraneThe Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarProject Gutenberg ebook #73
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It was not a condition of life which fitted her, and she could see in it but an appalling and hopeless ennui.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
She would be “lost with all hands,” and in that distinction there is a subtle difference—less horror and a less appalling darkness.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
Feeling something crack beneath our feet, hearing an appalling hiss through the open trap-door, a hiss like the first sound of a rocket!
Gaston LerouxThe Phantom of the OperaProject Gutenberg ebook #175