📖 Definitions of "Appalling"
verb
- 1
To fill with horror; to dismay.
"The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury."
- 2
To make pale; to blanch.
- 3
To weaken; to reduce in strength
- 4
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
adjective
- 1
Horrifying and astonishing.
"That was an appalling waste of money."
- 2
Extremely bad; terrible
🔄 Synonyms of "Appalling"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Appalling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alarming | Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening. |
| dismaying | Disheartening; daunting. |
| atrocious | Very bad; abominable, disgusting. |
| dreadful | Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky. |
| horrific | Causing horror; horrifying. |
| horrendous | Extremely bad; awful; terrible. |
| god-awful | (US, slang, derogatory) Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful. |
| terrible | Very unpleasant; disagreeable. |
| horrible | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| dreadedverb | Causing fear, dread, or terror. |
| horrifying | Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific. |
| nightmarish | Resembling a nightmare. |
| gruesome | Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific. |
| woeful | Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity. |
| dismal | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
| heinous | Bad, evil or villainous. |
| awful | Very bad. |
| pathetic | Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. |
| wretched | Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable. |
| pitiful | So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. |
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