appalling
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Synonyms & Antonyms for appalling
Synonyms
abhorrent, abominable, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, rancid, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shocking, sickening, ugly
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But the behavior of the president is so appalling that history and our politics and our people deserve a Congress that stands up and says that. — Christopher Keating, courant.com, "Rep. Jim Himes tells Mueller Russian ‘attack on our democracy’ helped lead to Trump’s election," 24 July 2019 The latest revelation involving Kondos Field is particularly appalling. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Dan Guerrero and UCLA need to stop playing favorites with athletics admissions," 23 July 2019 Building surveillance video obtained by the New York Post shows the appalling incident: Waisbren is among several riders in the elevator as the door opens at the lobby. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Man crushed to death by elevator at New York high-rise," 23 Aug. 2019 Holbrooke was not just an appalling human being but a diplomat whose accomplishments were actually quite modest. — David Rieff, Harper's magazine, "An American in the Treetops," 19 Aug. 2019 Today’s comments by @RepSteveKingIA are appalling and bizarre. — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, "Rep. Steve King questions if there'd be "any population of the world left" if not for rape and incest," 14 Aug. 2019 After a damning report by the John Hopkins Institute for Education Policy described appalling and widespread dysfunction in the city’s public schools, the Providence school system is being placed under state control. — Boston.com Real Estate, "Home buyers weary of Greater Boston prices are slipping south to Rhode Island," 14 Aug. 2019 That’s a point that Charlene Harrington, a UC San Francisco professor and former state public health official, finds appalling. — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, "Column: After my mother’s disastrous hospice experience, we filed a state complaint. It came to nothing," 10 Aug. 2019 But you got caught, and other viewers sitting in the privacy of their home with their personal computers accessing the dark web to view these appalling images, need to know they will be caught too. — oregonlive.com, "Gaston man who downloaded child pornography sentenced to 8 years in federal prison," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'appalling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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