Appalling and Abysmal

Appalling

Appalling adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

Abysmal is a synonym for appalling in terrible topic. In some cases you can use "Abysmal" instead an adjective "Appalling", when it comes to topics like horrendous, rotten, horrid.

Nearby Words: appalled, appal, appallingly

Abysmal

Abysmal adjective - Extending far downward.

Appalling is a synonym for abysmal in terrible topic. You can use "Appalling" instead an adjective "Abysmal", if it concerns topics such as dreadful, horrendous, rotten, horrid.

Nearby Words: abysmally, abysm
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