0 to make someone have strong feelings of shock or of disapproval:
He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war.
Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling.
Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork?
After her appalling behaviour, we had no option but to dismiss her.
The standard of cleanliness in some of these restaurants is frankly appalling.
Plantations and mines were generally in remote regions, and the living conditions were often appalling.
They extricate themselves from appalling conditions and bravely confront their villainous oppressors, while through coincidental circumstances they are elevated to a higher social position.
But such a proposal is unsettling, if not appalling.
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使驚駭, 使震驚…
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使惊骇, 使震惊…
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horrorizar…
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estarrecer, apavorar, horrorizar…
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(英)~をがく然とさせる, ぞっとさせる…
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şoke etmek, sarsmak, üzmek…
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épouvanter…
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horroritzar…
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