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appalling [əˈpɔːlɪŋ] adj
causing extreme dismay, horror, or revulsion appallingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
appalling adjective 1. horrifying, shocking, terrible, alarming, frightening, scaring, awful, terrifying, horrible, grim, dreadful, intimidating, dismaying, horrific, fearful, daunting, dire, astounding, ghastly, hideous, shameful, harrowing, vile, unnerving, petrifying, horrid, unspeakable, frightful, nightmarish, abominable, disheartening, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) They have been living under the most appalling conditions. horrifying encouraging, comforting, reassuring, consoling, heartening, consolatory 2. awful, terrible, tremendous, distressing, horrible, dreadful, horrendous, ghastly, godawful (slang) I've got the most appalling headache. Translations appalling [əˈpɔːlɪŋ] ADJ [sight, behaviour, weather, destruction] → espantoso, horroroso; [suffering, crime, conditions] → atroz, espantoso; [spelling, mistake, headache, smell] → espantoso he has appalling taste in clothes → tiene un gusto pésimo para la ropa her first novel was appalling → su primera novela fue un horror appalling [əˈpɔːlɪŋ] adj [conditions, weather, injuries, tragedy] → épouvantable; [stupidity, ignorance, behaviour] → affligeant(e); [violence] → inouï(e); [headache] → épouvantable She's an appalling cook → Elle est très mauvaise cuisinière. appalling [əˈpɔːlɪŋ] adj (ignorance, conditions, destruction) → spaventoso/a, impressionante (fam) (film, taste) → pessimo/a, spaventoso/a she's an appalling cook → è un disastro come cuoca How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For a time, which seemed so long that the world grew gray with age and sin, and the haunted forest, having fulfilled its purpose in this monstrous culmination of its terrors, vanished out of his consciousness with all its sights and sounds, the apparition stood within a pace, regarding him with the mindless malevolence of a wild brute; then thrust its hands forward and sprang upon him with appalling ferocity She would be "lost with all hands," and in that distinction there is a subtle difference - less horror and a less appalling darkness. Vaguely, too, I remember, my father carried me in his arms to the trees on the edge of the field, while all the world reeled and swung about me, and I was aware of deadly nausea mingled with an appalling conviction of sin. |
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