the most appalling
Frequency: 7.09.3 per million words
forms the superlative, indicating the highest degree of being bad
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Examples (10)
- They had to wait for hours in the most appalling weather.
- The critic described the play as the most appalling thing he had ever seen on stage.
- It was the most appalling crime the small town had witnessed in decades.
- The refugees were living in the most appalling conditions imaginable.
- What he revealed next was the most appalling secret of his life.
- The documentary detailed some of the most appalling atrocities of the war.
- That restaurant served me the most appalling meal I've ever tasted.
- His behaviour at the meeting was the most appalling display of arrogance I've ever encountered.
- Upon opening the abandoned fridge, they were hit by the most appalling stench.
- She considered the verdict the most appalling injustice she had ever heard of.