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adjective

Definition of appallednext
as in aghast

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verb

past tense of appall
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
Adjective
Coogan said, sounding less appalled than giddy at the figure. — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026 How shocked and appalled and offended everyone seems to be by this. — Nick Suss, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
My friend told me some private information about him that appalled me. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Seated beside Rosado on Wednesday, Lopez appeared appalled at what had transpired in recent weeks. — Tess Riski june 18, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for appalled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appalled
  1. aghast
  2. shocked
  3. horrified
  4. stunned
  5. surprised
  6. dismayed
  7. bewildered
Adjective
  • Columns of black smoke rise from targets, often filmed by aghast Russians.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026
  • The crowd was a rainbow mixture of colors, age groups and languages, all chatting and laughing with one another while standing above a granite rendering of Confederate leaders who would have been aghast at what their monument had become.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of aghast
Verb
  • On Tuesday, social media feeds were flooded with users shocked after allegedly witnessing celebrity blogger Perez Hilton live-streaming acts of self-harm on TikTok.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Georgia players said before Wednesday's first fall practice they were shocked when two veterans, tight end Lawson Luckie and defensive back KJ Bolden, were selected to unveil the new uniform in a team meeting.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of shocked
Adjective
  • In one early scene, a horrified Pam stares into her bathroom mirror, covered head to toe in blood.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
  • The first police officer on the scene quickly ran back to the station for help, while neighbors calmed the horrified Lizzie.
    — Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 June 2026
Definition of horrified
Verb
  • He was surrounded by family, twelve sets of hands holding his lifeless body, sending him onward with heartache and love and stunned disbelief.
    — Dr. Lucy McBride, Time, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Around them stood reminders of the 33-year-old woman whose death in a shooting last weekend stunned people across Kansas City.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of stunned
Adjective
  • The order’s singling out of ibogaine, the only psychedelic mentioned by name, surprised analysts, given how much less research exists on it than on psilocybin or MDMA.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Is there anything that people would be surprised to know about you?
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of surprised
Adjective
  • But minutes later, Austria tied the game again, leaving the lobby in dismayed silence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • His reflexive suspicion of causes left him more dismayed than energized by the nascent conflict.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of dismayed
Adjective
  • One bewildered South African man said protesters had burst into his home and stolen the lunch from his plate.
    — Julie Bourdin, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026
  • In a little corner of my mind, however, history will always mean the tragic smashing of individual lives by its cruel hands and the scattering of bewildered people reeling from its blows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of bewildered

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