Antonyms for appalling
əˈpɔ lɪŋap·palling

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1. appallingadjective

   Synonyms:
   grotesque, terrible, awful, hideous, horrid

2. appallingadjective

   Horrifying and astonishing.

   That was an appalling waste of money.

   Synonyms:
   terrible, hideous, grotesque, horrid, awful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. appalling

   Awful should not be used of things which are merely disagreeable or annoying, nor of all that are alarming and terrible, but only of such as bring a solemn awe upon the soul, as in the presence of a superior power; as, the awful hush before the battle. That which is awful arouses an oppressive, that which is august an admiring reverence; we speak of the august presence of a mighty monarch, the awful presence of death. We speak of an exalted station, a grand mountain, an imposing presence, a majestic cathedral, a noble mien, a solemn litany, a stately march, an august assembly, the awful scene of the Judgment Day.

   Antonyms:
   base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified, vulgar

   Synonyms:
   alarming, august, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, frightful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible, terrific

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:5.0 / 1 vote

1. appallingadjective

   an experience that appalls

   "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

2. appalling, dismayingadjective

   causing consternation

   "appalling conditions"

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

   Synonyms:
   dismaying

How to use appalling in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   Another promise cruelly broken by President Trump, this one with heartbreaking consequences for brave young DREAMers across the nation, instead of honoring the protections of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, President Trump has unleashed an indiscriminate deportation dragnet of appalling inhumanity.

2. Sonia Saxena:

   They are working in appalling conditions, or maybe there are also not enough services to treat infections in a timely manner.

3. Donald Trump:

   We've got a lot of killers. What do you think, our country's so innocent? to state that there's some moral equivalency between an imperfect nation -- that's the United States of America -- and Vladimir Putin is appalling.

4. Megan Mitchell:

   People make mistakes all the time, but to hide that mistake and not admit to it for over a week is pretty appalling, the victims deserve better than what's happened to them on the Senate floor. They deserve better than a staffer hiding what they knew about the bill. They deserve better than politics being played [with this bill].

5. Eric Holder:

   SB 1 is an appalling, anti-democracy effort by Texas Republicans to construct barriers to voting for people they believe will not support them, what makes this bill and Texas Republicans are pushing across the country even more un-American is Texas Republicans are using the' Big Lie' about the 2020 election as a pretext to support them. The reality is that these bills have nothing to do with election integrity or security, but rather are discriminatory measures making it harder for all people to vote. These bills will have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.

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