Synonyms of appallingly

appallingly

adverb

as in horribly

Related Words

• horribly
• terribly
• awfully
• dreadfully
• horrendously
• abominably
• horridly
• sickeningly
• vilely
• disturbingly
• alarmingly
• unsettlingly
• unpleasantly
• shockingly
• badly
• disgustingly
• traumatically
• disagreeably
• annoyingly
• distressingly
• irritatingly
• ill
• vexingly
• perturbingly
• tragically
• lamentably
• unhappily
• ay
• alack
• unfortunately
• sadly
• regrettably
• wirra
• alas
• woe
• unluckily

Dissimilar Words

• fortunately
• happily
• blessedly
• luckily
• thankfully
• superbly
• excellently
• wonderfully
• helpfully
• advantageously
• marvelously
• delightfully
• well
• gloriously
• charmingly
• deliciously
• splendidly
• sensationally
• pleasantly
• sweetly
• favorably
• pleasingly
• agreeably
• magnificently
• nicely
• prettily
• satisfyingly
• gratifyingly
• finely
• enjoyably
• enchantingly
• pleasurably
• winningly
• felicitously
• dreamily
• great
• grandly
• swimmingly
• delectably
• fetchingly
• palatably
• welcomely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of appallingly

West Ham are relegated, sorry Spurs survive The odds were stacked against West Ham United beating relegation yesterday and even in a year when Tottenham Hotspur plumbed appallingly abject depths, few clubs deserved it more. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026

With respect to humor’s inherent subjectivity, the appallingly ugly aesthetics of the AI overwhelm any possible comedic sensibility on display. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 15 May 2026

Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025

But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025

This subtle bait and switch from a national identity crisis to a personal identity crisis is imaginative and, for a time, intriguing, with Gadebois doing some very heavy lifting as the bad guy that means well but, nevertheless, behaves appallingly. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025

The novel was adapted into a successful play, and Carson followed it with two sequels, before her death from cancer, in 1941, by which time the prescience of her fiction had become appallingly evident. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025