All 4 Uses of
appalling
in
Great Expectations
- Instantly afterwards, the company were seized with unspeakable consternation, owing to his springing to his feet, turning round several times in an appalling spasmodic whooping-cough dance, and rushing out at the door; he then became visible through the window, violently plunging and expectorating, making the most hideous faces, and apparently out of his mind.†
Chpt 4
- Although he did not look very healthy,—having pimples on his face, and a breaking out at his mouth,—these dreadful preparations quite appalled me.†
Chpt 11 *
- I was made very uneasy in my mind by Mrs. Pocket's falling into a discussion with Drummle respecting two baronetcies, while she ate a sliced orange steeped in sugar and wine, and, forgetting all about the baby on her lap, who did most appalling things with the nut-crackers.†
Chpt 23
- The dreadful condition to which he was brought, was so appalling to both of us, that we could not refer to it in plainer words.†
Chpt 55
Definition:
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(appalling) shockingly terrible or horrible