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appalling

[uh-paw-ling] / əˈpɔ lɪŋ /


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Appalling headlines ricochet around the internet, stocks are skidding, wealth is eroding and the mood on Wall Street has rarely been gloomier.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2022

“Might be legal but certainly not moral. Appalling, really.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2022

"Appalling" and "ghastly" said Mark Butcher, the former England batter.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2022

Appalling in its sloppy arguments and unrelenting and unwarranted negativity, its most infuriating flaw is its abysmal failure to get the most basic facts right.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2017

But thou hast scared me from my dream of peace; The milk of human kindness thou hast turn'd To rankling poison in my breast, and made Appalling deeds familiar to my soul.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno




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