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appalling

/uh-paw-ling/US // əˈpɔ lɪŋ //UK // (əˈpɔːlɪŋ) //

骇人听闻,令人震惊,令人震惊的,骇人听闻的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.horrifying
Synonyms
alarming惊人的,惊心动魄,令人震惊的,惊心动魄的astounding令人震惊的,惊人的,令人震惊的是,令人惊异的awful可怕的,糟糕的,可怕的是,糟糕的是dire严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严峻的形势disheartening令人沮丧的,不令人满意的,令人沮丧,不令人满意dreadful可怕的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,可怕frightening可怕的,惊心动魄,惊心动魄的,吓人的frightful可怕的,恐怖的,吓人的,可怕ghastly惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的harrowing惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,令人震惊的,惨痛的hideous狰狞,狰狞的,丑陋的,丑陋horrible可怕的,可怕的是,可怕,恐怖的horrific可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,恐怖的shocking令人震惊的,触目惊心,令人震惊,震惊terrible可怕的,可怕的是,恐怖的,可怕terrifying可怕的,恐怖的,吓人的,可怕的是bad不好,坏的,坏,不好的daunting令人敬畏的,令人生畏的,令人敬畏,令人生畏dismaying令人不安的,令人担忧的,令人沮丧的,令人震惊的gross总金额,总的来说,总额,总的说来heavy沉重,沉重的,重,厚重intimidating令人生畏的,吓人的,令人生畏,令人畏惧的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是petrifying可怕的,惊心动魄,惊心动魄的,吓人的scaring吓唬人,吓唬,吓人,吓唬人的unnerving令人不安的,令人不安的是,令人不安,让人不安的fearful恐惧的,怵目惊心,恐惧,害怕formidable厉害的,艰巨的,强大的,可怕的grim严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严肃的grody格罗迪,格鲁迪,格劳迪,格罗蒂horrid骇人听闻,讨人厌的,讨人厌,骇人听闻的the end结束,终结,终极,结束时

Examples

  • The video of George Floyd’s death was appalling to Joe Sullivan, who spent 38 years with the Philadelphia police department, much of it overseeing the unit that handles large demonstrations, eventually rising to deputy commissioner.

  • As Covid-19 vaccination efforts ramp up in the world, the figures on the continent are appalling.

  • To me, it’s appalling, because she actually radiates a deep belief in the basic humanity of all people.

  • Immigration advocates lamented the crowded, appalling conditions.

  • Beneath what appears to be another appalling accidental shooting actually belies a complex, systemic issue at the core of America’s problematic, hyper-aggressive policing philosophy.

  • Do they not recall the appalling ramifications of the infamous moment when Michelle Obama put her arm around the Queen in 2009?

  • The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.

  • Identifying the perpetrators of this appalling tragedy is a criminal matter, not a technical one.

  • However the fact that they are not alone should make their behavior that much more appalling to donors.

  • And this is not the first time that the kangaroo courts of rural India have made such appalling judgments.

  • He wished her mother had not been quite such an appalling person, fat and painted.

  • Few persons can attain to adult life without being profoundly impressed by the appalling inequalities of our human lot.

  • It was not a condition of life which fitted her, and she could see in it but an appalling and hopeless ennui.

  • A few minutes later an appalling explosion shook every house in Lucknow.

  • How could he leave her with the owner of those hands, the wearer of those appalling yellow cotton gloves!