look appalling
Frequency: 7.811.5 per million words
describes an appearance that is extremely bad
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Examples (10)
- You look absolutely appalling in that hat; you should take it off.
- After the flood, the whole town looked appalling.
- The state of the public restrooms looked appalling.
- He hadn't slept for days and looked appalling.
- Without any decoration, the empty room looks appalling.
- I bet the kitchen will look appalling after the children's cooking session.
- The artist's attempt at a modern sculpture looked quite appalling.
- Doesn't that clashing color combination look appalling?
- The damage to the car looked appalling, but everyone was safe.
- If you don't maintain the garden, it will soon look appalling.