appalling act
Frequency: 4.82.9 per million words
A shocking and very bad action.
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- The community condemned the vandalism as an appalling act of disrespect.
- He was imprisoned for committing several appalling acts of violence.
- Betraying his closest friend was an appalling act that no one could forgive.
- The dictator's regime will be remembered for its many appalling acts against humanity.
- How could anyone justify such an appalling act of cruelty?
- The deliberate pollution of the river was an appalling act against nature.
- The trial revealed the appalling acts the suspect had carried out over the years.
- It was an appalling act of cowardice to flee the scene of the accident.
- The international court is investigating these appalling acts of war.
- She wrote a book detailing the appalling acts she witnessed during the conflict.