appalling
Noun
- an experience that appalls
- "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
Verb
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- strike with disgust or revulsion
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- present participle and gerund of appall
Adjective Satellite
- causing consternation
- "appalling conditions"
Adj
- Horrifying and astonishing.
- Extremely unfavorable; terrible.
Examples
- That was an appalling waste of money.
Origin / Etymology
By surface analysis, appall + -ing.
Synonyms
alarm, appal, appall, dismay, dismaying, horrify, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock, awful, grotesque, hideous, horrid, terrible
Scrabble Score: 14
appalling: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordappalling: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
appalling: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary