: inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust
living under appalling conditions
appalling savagery
appallingly
adverb
Examples of appalling in a Sentence
We drove by an appalling accident on the highway.
opening your mouth to show me your half-chewed food is absolutely appalling
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Yet the disaster is just a short-term synecdoche for the ongoing pollution of land, air, and water that’s depicted and discussed as an appalling yet commonplace enormity throughout.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
The ad, which was presented as a legitimate online apparel site before and during the airing of the Super Bowl, was switched at some point afterwards, and completely outside of our stations control respondents to the commercials were redirected toward the marketing of a wholly appalling product.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Carl Schneider, Delray Beach Shameful mass deportations The new administration’s brutal deportation plan is appalling and heartbreaking in too many ways to describe.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
But the program was to largely revolve around the appalling situation in New Orleans 60 years ago this past January.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
The ad, which was presented as a legitimate online apparel site before and during the airing of the Super Bowl, was switched at some point afterwards, and completely outside of our stations control respondents to the commercials were redirected toward the marketing of a wholly appalling product.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
Carl Schneider, Delray Beach Shameful mass deportations The new administration’s brutal deportation plan is appalling and heartbreaking in too many ways to describe.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
But the program was to largely revolve around the appalling situation in New Orleans 60 years ago this past January.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Appalling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appalling. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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