Appalled

Word APPALLED
Character 8
Hyphenation appalled
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Appalled"

What do we mean by appalled?

To fill with horror; to dismay.

To make pale; to blanch.

To weaken; to reduce in strength

To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

To lose flavour or become stale.

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The word "appalled" in example sentences

And it's not every day that you get an email from one using the word "appalled" when referring to an article in a respected journal like Pediatrics. ❋ Unknown (2012)

But all war is ugly, a fulsome horror that, someday, as with gladiatorial contests, we will look back at in appalled disbelief: we did that? ❋ Richard Cohen (2010)

Toryn studied her for a long moment while he bit back a dozen comments that would likely cause her to swoon in appalled shock. ❋ Xcpublishing (2009)

The inclusion of B'Tselem in a list of groups called "questionable" and associated with the word "appalled" is a shameful smear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Having grown up in Maine, I used that well-worn term 'appalled and aghast,' so I started looking into it, Orcutt said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

(Isaiah 59: 15-16) (this is the only place where the word appalled is used for the way God feels -- in other words, the only thing which we know God is appalled by is if people are not doing justice) "Blessed are they who maintain justice ...." ❋ Unknown (2008)

She gave an impassioned speech about how being Jewish, what Israeli is ostensibly doing in her name appalled and saddened her. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Cuff assumed an expression of appalled innocence that affected Mrs. Tipton not in the least. ❋ Rose Melikan (2008)

It is because of those bonds that so many people in our country were appalled to see the Dutch word "apartheid" become the symbol of the deep division in your country and the oppression of the majority of its people. ❋ Unknown (1996)

Liu turned to Ruiz%Sanchez, her expression appalled beneath its weariness. ❋ Blish, James (1953)

The stupidity of the phrase appalled me while I was trying to finish it, but the power of sentences has nothing to do with their sense or the logic of their construction. ❋ Unknown (1899)

His pale blue eyes tend to stare straight through you and in repose his mouth can droop, giving him an expression of appalled disbelief. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Having grown up in Maine, I used that well-worn term 'appalled and aghast,' so I started looking into it," Orcutt said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So, at the highest levels in the Foreign Office - which are said to be 'appalled' - it would appear that insulting the Pope doesn't really matter as much as insulting the corrupt or the tyrannical. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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