appalling
21appalling — adjective Horrifying and astonishing. That was an appalling waste of money. Syn: awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible …
22appalling — ap•pall•ing [[t]əˈpɔ lɪŋ[/t]] adj. causing horror or dismay: an appalling accident[/ex] • Etymology: 1810–20 ap•pall′ing•ly, adv …
23appalling — /əˈpɔlɪŋ/ (say uh pawling) adjective 1. causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident. 2. Colloquial very bad; objectionable. 3. Colloquial noticeable. –appallingly, adverb …
24appalling — Synonyms and related words: astonishing, astounding, atrocious, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, baneful, beastly, bewildering, confounding, conspicuous, daunting, dire, direful, dismaying, dread, dreaded, dreadful, dumbfounding, egregious,… …
25appalling — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. horrifying, shocking, dreadful; see frightful 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dismaying, horrifying, shocking, stunning, disconcerting, astounding, frightening, ghastly, dreadful, harrowing, disgusting, sickening,… …
26appalling — ap pal·ling || lɪŋ adj. shocking, terrible, frightening, horrifying ap·pal || É™ pÉ”Ël v. horrify, outrage, dismayv. horrify, outrage, dismay …
27appalling — adjective very bad or displeasing. → appal …
28appalling — adj 1. frightening, alarming, intimidating, harrowing, terrifying, horrifying; frightful, fearful, dreadful, awful, dire, terrible, horrible; horrid, hideous, ghastly, grisly; shocking, startling, astounding, stunning, stupefying, paralyzing,… …
29Ka the Appalling — Infobox short story | name = Ka the Appalling title orig = translator = author = L. Sprague de Camp country = United States language = English series = Pusadian series genre = Fantasy published in = Fantastic Universe publisher = media type =… …
30be a appalling commentary on something — be a sad/appalling/interesting/etc commentary on something phrase to show how sad appalling interesting etc something really is This incident is a sad commentary on our society. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how good or bad something issynonym …
