The destruction of the environment is appalling.
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Appalling
//əˈpɔːlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "appalling" (101 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отблъскващ adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- ужасяващ adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Czech
1 entries- otřesný adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Dutch
1 entries- ontzettend adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Estonian
1 entries- kohutav adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Finnish
2 entries- kauhistuttava adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- tyrmistyttävä adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
French
2 entries- effroyable adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- épouvantable adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
German
2 entries- entsetzlich adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- erschreckend adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Greek
2 entries- απαίσιος adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- αποκρουστικός adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Italian
4 entries- orrendo adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- pessimo adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- raccapricciante adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- spaventoso adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Korean
1 entries- 끔찍한 adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Polish
2 entries- przerażający adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- zatrważający adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Portuguese
3 entries- apavorante adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- assombroso adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- pavoroso adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Russian
4 entries- отта́лкивающий adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- стра́шный adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- ужа́сный adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- ужаса́ющий adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Spanish
4 entries- abrumador adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- apabullado adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- apabullador adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- apabullante adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Swedish
4 entries- förfärande adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- förfärlig adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- förskräckande adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- förskräckande adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Turkish
4 entries- korkunç adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- müthiş adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- ürkünç adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- ürkütücü adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жахливий adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
- страхітливий adj (That appalls/appals or appall/appal)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
She is an appalling cook.
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This is appalling.
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That's appalling.
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