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• n  an experience that appalls
  is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?
• v  strike with disgust or revulsion
• v  fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
• v  strike with disgust or revulsion
• v  fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
• s  causing consternation
  appalling conditions

• With anxiety and bewilderment, the world watched an appalling eruption of trouble.
• In sum, its an appalling, enthralling primer of what Moore sees as the Bush Administrations crimes and misdemeanors.
• This V12-powered super dune buggy gets on the list well, my list anyway purely because of its appalling clientele.

• shock
• offend
• scandalize
• scandalise
• appal
• appall
• outrage
• dismay
• alarm
• horrify
• dismaying

News & Articles

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• 'Appalling' Email in Illinois Spurs New GOP Rift
  'Appalling' email from Illinois GOP official about female challenger spurs new party rift        
  June 20, 2013 - ABC News
• 'Appalling' maternity unit cover-up after baby deaths
  Health officials could face disciplinary action over "appalling" findings that a regulator tried to suppress a report into its own failings over the deaths of babies and mothers at a maternity unit, the government said Wednesday.
  June 19, 2013 - Fox News
• LETTER: Explicit language in article was appalling
  The article, "Convicted sex offender caught with 13-year-old girl, charged" [June 15, Savage Pacer], written by Lori Carlson, was absolutely appalling in my opinion.
  June 19, 2013 - The Savage Pacer

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in BBC News
  In a statement issued on Wednesday, Mr Brown said: "We have strong reason to believe that a British citizen, Edwin Dyer, has been murdered by an al-Qaeda cell in Mali. I utterly condemn this appalling and barbaric act of terrorism. My thoughts are...
• Kevin Rudd in USA Today
  Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria,Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. "It's an appalling tragedy for the nation."
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in CNN
  These appalling assaults on members of our own State Department family are, sadly, part of a growing tragedy besetting many communities in Mexico,US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement Sunday night. "They underscore the...