Appalled

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant..

Definitions by Sense

1. Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
2. simple past and past participle of appall
3. simple past and past participle of appal

Example Sentences

But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.

West's friends were so appalled by the nature of his death that they arranged for a wooden memorial in the churchyard of St Laurence's, constructed aptly from a railway sleeper.

Dr. Frank Hoffman, a gynecologist and founder of the program, says he was appalled by the sheer numbers of cases of early-stage breast cancer that were being missed, not just in Germany but around the world.

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• more appalled
• most appalled
• appauled

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