appalled

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appalled

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From appall + -ed.

adjective more appalled · most appalled · appauled

  1. Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant. But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons an

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of appall
  2. participle, past simple past and past participle of appal

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: afraid, aghast, dismayed, shocked, horrified, frightened, scared, terrified, distressed, upset, stunned, indignant, disgusted, mortified, bewildered, angered

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adj shocked, horrified by something unpleasant

Españolescandalizado, horrorizado, consternado, apabullado
Portuguêsconsternado
Italianoinorridito

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"appalled." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/appalled. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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appalled. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/appalled

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"appalled." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/appalled.

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@misc{appalled_2026,
  title = {appalled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/appalled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}