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Also Inflected form of appal

appalling

ap·pal·ling

UK/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ US/ʌˈpɔlɪŋ/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

causing consternation

  • “appalling conditions”
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noun

1.

an experience that appalls

  • “is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?”

Origin

By surface analysis, appall + -ing.

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