Appalling

ahd-5
  • adjective. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror: as, an appalling accident; an appalling sight.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Such as to appall.
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  • verb. Present participle of appall.
  • adjective. Horrifying and astonishing.
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  • adjective. causing consternation
  • noun. an experience that appalls
    • Word Usage
    "U.S. President Barack Obama said the world is outraged by what he called the "appalling" violence against the Libyan people and is urging Gadhafi to step down."
    Equivalent
    alarming  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    experience  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pauling  balling  brawling  calling  crawling  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    astonishing  astounding  atrocious  awe-inspiring  awesome  
    verb-stem
    appall  
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