Dictionary Definition
appal
Verb
1 strike with disgust or revulsion; "The
scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
[syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appall, outrage]
2 fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be
unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being
late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
[syn: dismay, alarm, appall, horrify] [also: appalling, appalled]appalling adj :
causing consternation; "appalling conditions" [syn: dismaying] n : an experience
that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of
it?"appalling See appal
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ
Verb
appalling- Horrifying and astonishing.
Noun
- The action of the verb to appall/appal.
Adjective
appalling- That appalls/appals or appall/appal.
- an appalling waste of money
Translations
- Finnish: kauhistuttava, tyrmistyttävä
- Polish: przerażający, zatrważający
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with appealing.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
astonishing, astounding, atrocious, awe-inspiring,
awesome, awful, baneful, beastly, bewildering, confounding, conspicuous, daunting, dire, direful, dismaying, dread, dreaded, dreadful, dumbfounding, egregious, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fell, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, incredible, macabre, marked, marvelous, morbid, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, of mark, outstanding, redoubtable, remarkable, rotten, schrecklich, shocking, signal, striking, superior, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, uncommon, unspeakable, wonderful