appalling

[əˈpɔːlɪŋ]

Definition:
1. So bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
2. Causing consternation.
3. An experience that appalls.
4. Very bad.

Use 'appalling' in a sentence:

1. This month's accident is appalling.
2. I am an absolutely appalling speller.
3. It is appalling that so many people evaded pay taxes.
4. It's a nice job but the pay is appalling.
5. It is appalling that child was murdered.
6. They reacted to the appalling weather with typical British stoicism.
7. Her behaviour is often appalling.
8. Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling.
9. 'It's appalling.' — 'It is. I agree.'
10. It'shows appalling ignorance not to know who the present prime minister is.
11. Haiti is a powerful and appalling example.
12. To commit so much to a single project was an appalling risk.
13. He took himself so seriously; it was something appalling.
14. The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.
15. Can this explain the appalling brutality of the conflict?
16. Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister, called it "an appalling soap opera".
17. After that appalling things happened, and the mysteriousness of the morning was explained to Mary.
18. The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling.
19. I developed an appalling headache.
20. His courage was almost appalling.
21. In those villages, the destruction caused by napalm bombs was so appalling that one could hardly bear the sight of it.
22. Another kind of reporting emerged during those appalling hours and days.
23. Aid agencies say sanitary and sleeping conditions have become appalling.
24. She suffered appalling burns to her back.
25. She suffered appalling injuries.
26. The manners of many doctors were appalling.
27. Successive parliamentary inquiries have revealed appalling examples of waste.
28. They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months.
29. Nothing will change as long as the workers continue to accept these appalling conditions.
30. The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.
31. Weather conditions were appalling, with heavy rain and strong winds.
32. That was an appalling waste.
33. The bus service is appalling now.
34. I find much modern architecture quite appalling.
35. His grammar is appalling.
36. Sanitary conditions are appalling.
37. Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.
38. Some of these people live in appalling conditions.
39. Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.
40. Rebellions were put down with appalling barbarity.
41. Just how appalling is the standard of Chinese here?
42. The battlefield was a scene of appalling bloodshed.
43. His manners are appalling you can't take him anywhere!
44. I thought he was shameless. I thought it was appalling.
45. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison.
46. This high rate of infection is being blamed on the appalling hygiene conditions.
47. When will this appalling war end?
48. They were truly appalling.
49. It'still refused to face up to the appalling consequences of Philby's being a spy.
50. In what has he wronged you, to warrant this appalling hatred?
51. Others say it was because he was appalling at foreign languages.
52. His ignorance is appalling.
53. The road conditions are appalling, especially on the Central African side.
54. To be blunt, your work is appalling.
55. The results of explosion were appalling.
56. "It's appalling."—"It is. I agree."
57. Her dress sense is appalling.
58. The prisoners were living in appalling conditions.
59. People are living in appalling conditions.