Both Uses of
appalling
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Every little while some giant tree yielded the fight and fell crashing through the younger growth; and the unflagging thunder-peals came now in ear-splitting explosive bursts, keen and sharp, and unspeakably appalling.†
Chpt 16 *appalling = shockingly terrible or horrible
- She sank to the ground and burst into such a frenzy of crying that Tom was appalled with the idea that she might die, or lose her reason.†
Chpt 31appalled = shocked by how terrible or horrible something is