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appalled

appalled adjective: shocked, horrified by something unpleasant. Also the simple past and past participle of appall.

Adjective

appalled (comparative more appalled, superlative most appalled)

  1. Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
    • But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons...2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian
    • West's friends were so appalled by the nature of his death that they arranged for a wooden memorial in the churchyard of St Laurence's, constructed aptly from a railway sleeper.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Reading (1840)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 56

Also used as

appalled is also the simple past and past participle of appall.

appalled is also the simple past and past participle of appal.

Examples of appalled in a sentence

  • The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
  • As we turned down the street I was appalled by the vandalism: spray paint and smashed windows that were everywhere.
  • I was appalled at the mistreatment meted out to them.

All 29 example sentences with appalled

Forms of appalled

comparativemore appalled
superlativemost appalled
alternative form (nonstandard)appauled

Origin of appalled

From appall + -ed.

Words formed from appalled

Questions about appalled

What does appalled mean?
Appalled means shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
What part of speech is appalled?
Appalled is an adjective.

Words near appalled in the dictionary

  1. appalam
  2. appalams
  3. appaled
  4. appaling
  5. appall
  6. appalled
  7. appaller
  8. appallers
  9. appallest
  10. appalleth
  11. appalling

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