Appalling
[ə'pɔːlɪŋ] or [ə'pɔlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) an experience that appalls; 'is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?'.
(adj.) causing consternation; 'appalling conditions' .
Checked by Carlton--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appall
(a.) Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.
Typed by Ewing
Examples
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What an appalling beau-costume he wears! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The death-rate was appalling and the labor conditions terrible. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here are the appalling consequences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What the methodically-minded do not see is that the sterility of a routine is far more appalling. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Who has laid such an appalling embargo on you? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And of our misuse of the Rockefellers and Carnegies--the retrospect is appalling. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The dreadful condition to which he was brought, was so appalling to both of us, that we could not refer to it in plainer words. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He confessed his scampishness himself with the most appalling cynicism. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typist: Owen