Associations to the word «Appalling»

Wiktionary

APPALLING, verb. Present participle of appall
APPALLING, adjective. Horrifying and astonishing.

Dictionary definition

APPALLING, noun. An experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?".
APPALLING, adjective. Causing consternation; "appalling conditions".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope