appalling
pronunciation
How to pronounce appalling in British English:
UK [əˈpɔːlɪŋ]
How to pronounce appalling in American English:
US [əˈpɔːlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- an experience that appalls
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- Adjective:
- causing consternation
Word Origin
- appalling (adj.)
- 1620s, present participle adjective from appall. Colloquial weakened sense of "distasteful" is attested from 1919.
Example
- 1. Third myth : japan has appalling corporate governance .
- 2. Not that the west was free of appalling brutality .
- 3. Most other states have had to grapple with appalling budget deficits since then .
- 4. This policy is morally appalling and politically self-defeating .
- 5. Appalling conflicts of interest were accepted .