be appalling

Frequency: 8.215.1 per million words

describes a state of being extremely bad

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Examples (10)

  • The conditions in the camp are truly appalling.
  • His behaviour at the meeting was absolutely appalling.
  • The team's performance throughout the season has been appalling.
  • The consequences of their inaction will be appalling.
  • I found the sanitary conditions in that restaurant to be appalling.
  • The casualty figures from the earthquake were simply appalling.
  • The level of ignorance displayed by the politician was appalling.
  • For such a luxury hotel, the service was appalling.
  • The waste of public money on this project is appalling.
  • If the reports are true, the injustice of the verdict is appalling.