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

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.

adj.horrifying

Synonyms

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 person, fat and painted.

/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

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.

adj.horrifying

Synonyms

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 person, fat and painted.