Definition of APPALLING

appalling

Meanings

Noun

  • an experience that appalls
    • "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"

Verb

  • strike with disgust or revulsion
  • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  • strike with disgust or revulsion
  • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  • present participle and gerund of appall

Adjective Satellite

  • causing consternation
    • "appalling conditions"

Adj

  • Horrifying and astonishing.
  • Extremely unfavorable; terrible.

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, appall + -ing.

Scrabble Score: 14

appalling is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
appalling is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
appalling is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

appalling is a valid Words With Friends word