1
as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
opening your mouth to show me your half-chewed food is absolutely appalling
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2
as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
appalling crimes against humanity
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as in shocking
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 appalling
Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
In Washington, on the planning, administrative, and procurement levels, the overlapping and confusion in this matter often have been appalling.
—John Fischer, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Bianco’s callousness is appalling.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
But Kimmel and his ilk have never faced any consequences for their appalling misbehavior.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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But some say Thursday’s incident was particularly appalling.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
In Washington, on the planning, administrative, and procurement levels, the overlapping and confusion in this matter often have been appalling.
—John Fischer, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Bianco’s callousness is appalling.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
But Kimmel and his ilk have never faced any consequences for their appalling misbehavior.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appalling
Adjective
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Football is a way of bringing people together irrespective of their faith, colour or religion and this disgusting decision does the exact opposite.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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These are more disgusting smears peddled by the media and billboard law firms.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The nature of his creation may be horrific, but his heart beats the same as ours.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Others argue that an end to the fighting, and to the horrific images from Gaza that have flooded social-media feeds for two years, could allow American boosters of Israel to regain their footing.—
David M. Halbfinger,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, Maggie's husband and Paul's father Alex was found guilty of their murders, after shocking revelations about his drug use, financial fraud and other criminal activity.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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But with shocking vet-on-vet crime, impressive rookies, and ever-shifting alliances, there has yet to be a weak episode.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Stanford has been awful on the road, losing to Hawaii and getting blown out by BYU and Virginia.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Since then, there’s been little doubt about who police believe is responsible for the 12-year-old schoolgirl’s gruesome death.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Cultures around the world have ancient traditions of narrating events, sometimes gruesome, through song.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Television cameras captured the ensuing violence, horrifying much of the nation.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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But during the difficult years, when a horrible cocktail of apathy and toxicity set in, attendance was notably lower.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sunday will also be Gabriel’s first NFL start in terrible weather.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Appalling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appalling. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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