Meaning & use
Appalling
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Causing shock, horror, or dismay; shockingly bad.
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The living conditions in the flooded shelter were appalling.
Critics called the film's dialogue appalling.
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Appalling comes from the verb 'appall,' meaning to fill with dismay, ultimately from an Old French word meaning 'to grow pale.'
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