appalled
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
adjective
- 1
Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
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.
Etymology
From appall + -ed.
verb
- 1
Also a form of appallsimple past and past participle of appall
- 2
Also a form of appalsimple past and past participle of appal
Forms
- comparative
- more appalled
- superlative
- most appalled
appalled · Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
appalling · Horrifying and astonishing.apparatus · The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made…apparent · Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible…