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appalling adjective
/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ/
/-ˈpɑː-/ adj Definition
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shocking and very badappalling injuries
Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.
•
very badappalling weather
The journey home was appalling.
appallingly adverb
/əˈpɔː.lɪŋ.li//-ˈpɑː-/ adv The number of casualties was appallingly high in both wars.
The whole play was appallingly (= very badly) acted.
(Definition of appalling adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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