as in shocked
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers
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Recent Examples of appalled
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
When Burrell wasn’t tapped to join the show’s 28th season in January — after playing a central role in the first 27 — viewers were appalled and even Burrell was baffled.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Governance scolds are appalled by the number, as is the pope.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Said franchisees were so appalled that Kempczinski even had to promise to cover some of their losses.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
When Burrell wasn’t tapped to join the show’s 28th season in January — after playing a central role in the first 27 — viewers were appalled and even Burrell was baffled.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Adjective
Yet her book, first published as Sursis pour l’Orchestre, translated as The Musicians of Auschwitz, was a novelized and sensational account which appalled almost all the other members of the ragtag band.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Governance scolds are appalled by the number, as is the pope.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appalled
Verb
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In the comments, readers were shocked the couple was even allowed to book in the first place.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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One agent who visited North Carolina with a top-200 high school recruit this spring was shocked how uninvolved the on-field coaches were during the visit.—
The Athletic Colleges staff,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Naturally, a broad swath of staffers at CBS News are aghast.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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And Clark’s fans, who have often noted the exceptionally high level of physicality directed at Clark and who’ve been aghast at the league office’s reluctance to single out her unique star power, had good reasons to believe that the league was self-sabotaging.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The hunter was horrified, knowing that growling a challenge was exactly the wrong thing to do.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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After his grisly crimes were uncovered, Gein spent his final years in psychiatric confinement far from the farmhouse that once horrified the nation.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And Trump should not be surprised when millions of Americans stand up to his authoritarianism and his greed.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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Maggie is surprised to hear that Alma is still with Frederik, and Alma marvels over Maggie’s giant engagement ring.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This revelation left the family stunned.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Byrne plays a mother whose precarious housing situation and family health crisis push her to the edge; Slater is her husband, away on business and — upon his return — stunned to realize just how bad things have gotten.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Millerites, as Miller’s followers came to be called, were inevitably dismayed when the window came and went without biblical incident, a collective reaction known as the Great Disappointment.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Despite the fallout, Allen appeared more dismayed than angry at Hollywood’s reaction.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As Friday’s stabbing incident involving NFL alum Mark Sanchez slowly comes into focus, the team at Fox Sports seems to be just as bewildered as the rest of us.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
5 Oct. 2025
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Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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