Both Uses of
appalling
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Of Human Bondage
- Philip realised that they had done with life, these two quiet little people: they belonged to a past generation, and they were waiting there patiently, rather stupidly, for death; and he, in his vigour and his youth, thirsting for excitement and adventure, was appalled at the waste.†
Chpt 31-32 *appalled = shocked by how terrible or horrible something is
- It was the solace of his life (and when he grew used to it, the monotony of it was what chiefly appalled him) that he could go every Sunday to that friendly house.†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
shockingly terrible or horrible