All 8 Uses
appalling
in
A Passage to India
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- Appalling catastrophe!†
Chpt 13appalling = shockingly terrible or horrible
- We then see some of the Mogul stuff—how appalling if we let you miss the Taj!†
Chpt 14
- Vexed rather than appalled, she stood still, her eyes on the sparkling rock.†
Chpt 15 *appalled = shocked by how terrible or horrible something is
- But to ask an educated Indian Moslem how many wives he has—appalling, hideous!†
Chpt 15appalling = shockingly terrible or horrible
- "Worse and worse, appalling," he said feelingly.†
Chpt 17
- She has certainly had some appalling experience.†
Chpt 19
- Adela said: "It would be so appalling if I was wrong.†
Chpt 22
- Her aim this morning was to announce, meticulously, that the strain was appalling, and she would probably break down under Mr. Amritrao's cross-examination and disgrace her friends.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(appalling) shockingly terrible or horrible
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)