Appalling
Appalling adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Usage example: appalling crimes against humanity
Fearful is a synonym for appalling in horrifying topic. In some cases you can use "Fearful" instead an adjective "Appalling", when it comes to topics like property, good, fear, terrible. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dread and appalling
- dread and fearful
- monstrous and appalling
- monstrous and fearful
- hideous and appalling
- hideous and fearful
- terrible and appalling
- terrible and fearful
- atrocious and appalling
- atrocious and fearful
- dreadful and appalling
- dreadful and fearful
- frightful and appalling
- frightful and fearful
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