Both Uses of
appalling
in
Mansfield Park
- Julia's looks were an evidence of the fact that made it indisputable; and after the first starts and exclamations, not a word was spoken for half a minute: each with an altered countenance was looking at some other, and almost each was feeling it a stroke the most unwelcome, most ill-timed, most appalling!†
Chpt 19
- She longed to add, "But of his principles I have"; but her heart sunk under the appalling prospect of discussion, explanation, and probably non-conviction.†
Chpt 32 *
Definition:
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(appalling) shockingly terrible or horrible