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Synonyms for appalling

  • adjective

Most common

terrible horrible hideous horrid

All synonyms

Adjective

horrid, hideous, terrible, horrible, horrific, shocking, abysmal, horrifying, grisly, frightening, gruesome, grotesque, grim, dismaying, terrific, tremendous, gross, fearful, formidable, horrendous, atrocious, dreadful

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Horrifying and astonishing.

    That was an appalling waste of money.

Related words

Word family
appallingly

Example sentences

  • terrible Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.
  • horrible Something horrible happened about three hours ago.
  • hideous Some things get more hideous, when you clean them.
  • horrid The ivy is good because it obscures those horrid cables.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
appallingsteady
terriblerising
horriblerising
hideousrising
horridrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
grim1
5 letters
gross1
6 letters
horrid2, grisly2
7 letters
fearful2, hideous3, abysmal3
8 letters
terrible3, horrible3, shocking2, terrific3, horrific3, dreadful2, gruesome2
9 letters
grotesque2, atrocious3, dismaying3
10 letters
tremendous3, formidable4, horrifying4, horrendous3
11 letters
frightening3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (horrid2 = 2 syllables).