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appalling

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ap·pall·ing  (-pôlng)
adj.
Causing consternation or dismay; frightful: appalling working conditions; appalling violence.

ap·palling·ly adv.

appalling [əˈpɔːlɪŋ]
adj
causing extreme dismay, horror, or revulsion
appallingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.appalling - an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"
Adj.1.appalling - causing consternation; "appalling conditions"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

appalling
adjective
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 clothestiene un gusto pésimo para la ropa
her first novel was appallingsu 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
adj, appallingly
adventsetzlich

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

appalling مروع strašný forfærdende entsetzlich απωθητικός atroz kauhistuttava atroce užasan spaventoso ぞっとするような 무서운 ontstellend fryktelig przerażający pavoroso ужасный förfärlig ซึ่งทำให้ตกใจ korkunç kinh khủng 骇人听闻的


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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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