Meaning

2 senses
  1. Horrifying and astonishing.

    That was an appalling waste of money.

  2. Extremely unfavorable; terrible.

    entsetzlich, erschreckend

    ужа́сныйužásnyj, ужаса́ющийužasájuščij, отта́лкивающийottálkivajuščij

    жахливийžaxlyvyj, страхітливийstraxitlyvyj

More definitions
  • causing consternation

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
That appalls/appals or appall/appal:
Русский
By meaning 1
That appalls/appals or appall/appal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
That appalls/appals or appall/appal:

Origin

By surface analysis, appall + -ing.

By surface analysis, appall + -ing.

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Forms

more appalling, most appalling
Comparativemore appalling Lesson
Superlativemost appalling Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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