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Definition of appalling:
Synonyms:
noble, formidable, dread, solemn, shocking, fear, majestic, fearful, horrendous, august, dismaying, stately, alarming, direful, tremendous, redoubtable, good, scary, terrific, imposing, grand, fearsome, portentous.
Usage examples:
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So that one echo of its music might Make ruin less appalling in its silence.
- "The Lady of Lyons or Love and Pride", Edward Bulwer Lytton. -
Certainly I never remember anything more appalling.
- "Story of My Life, volumes 1-3", Augustus J. C. Hare. -
They had fought desperately, they had won splendidly, but their losses had been appalling.
- "The Flag", Homer Greene.