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单词 appallingly
释义

appalling

adjective

ap·​pall·​ing ə-ˈpȯ-liŋ How to pronounce appalling (audio)
: inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust
living under appalling conditions
appalling savagery
appallingly adverb

Synonyms

  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • awful
  • disgusting
  • distasteful
  • dreadful
  • evil
  • foul
  • fulsome
  • gross
  • hideous
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • horrid
  • loathsome
  • nasty
  • nauseating
  • nauseous
  • noisome
  • noxious
  • obnoxious
  • obscene
  • odious
  • offensive
  • rancid
  • repellent
  • repellant
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • scandalous
  • shocking
  • sickening
  • ugly
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Example Sentences

We drove by an appalling accident on the highway. opening your mouth to show me your half-chewed food is absolutely appalling
Recent Examples on the Web Looking back at it a decade later, what happened was appalling. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 Hulu thinks their tracks are covered by hiring Black sacrificial lambs to play the part as front men for their backdoor robbery is appalling. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022 Musk’s own record on free speech, by the way, is appalling: Workers at his other businesses have been fired for criticizing him or for trying to unionize. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 July 2022 The things that came out of my mouth are honestly just appalling. Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 One of my takeaways from these travels through the minors 50 years ago was that some of the conditions were downright appalling. Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 Shortly after his Tennessee story appeared in print, White slipped across the color line again to report on an even more appalling lynching in Georgia. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 As Putin escalates his assault, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gets more desperate and the civilian toll becomes more appalling by the day, Biden's balancing act becomes much harder. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022 One of the few Black journalists on the scene, Johnson was bearing witness to one of the most racist assertions of state power in recent American history — and, not coincidentally, one of the most appalling examples of journalistic malpractice. Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of appall

First Known Use

1635, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

appalling

adjective

ap·​pall·​ing
: being shocking and terrible
He suffered appalling injuries.

appallingly

adverb

as in horribly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • horribly
  • dreadfully
  • awfully
  • terribly
  • horrendously
  • abominably
  • horridly
  • sickeningly
  • vilely
  • alarmingly
  • disturbingly
  • unpleasantly
  • shockingly
  • unsettlingly
  • disgustingly
  • badly
  • traumatically
  • disagreeably
  • annoyingly
  • irritatingly
  • distressingly
  • alas
  • ill
  • woe
  • vexingly
  • tragically
  • lamentably
  • alack
  • unhappily
  • ay
  • perturbingly
  • unfortunately
  • sadly
  • regrettably
  • wirra
  • unluckily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fortunately
  • blessedly
  • happily
  • thankfully
  • superbly
  • wonderfully
  • luckily
  • excellently
  • delightfully
  • marvelously
  • helpfully
  • gloriously
  • advantageously
  • charmingly
  • deliciously
  • splendidly
  • sensationally
  • well
  • pleasantly
  • pleasingly
  • magnificently
  • sweetly
  • agreeably
  • favorably
  • satisfyingly
  • gratifyingly
  • enjoyably
  • nicely
  • prettily
  • enchantingly
  • finely
  • pleasurably
  • winningly
  • felicitously
  • grandly
  • great
  • dreamily
  • delectably
  • swimmingly
  • fetchingly
  • palatably
  • welcomely
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