Word Meanings - APPALLING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of APPALLING)
- Awful
- Fearful
- direful
- appalling
- terrible
- alarming
- dreadful
- horrible
- solemn
- portentous
- horrific
- Formidable
- terrifying
- discouraging
- serious
- fearful
- shocking
- Tremendous
- Terrible
- awful
Related words: (words related to APPALLING)
- SERIOUS
1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting - SOLEMNIZATION
The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage. - SOLEMNIZE
1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers - DISCOURAGING
Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv. - SOLEMN
Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious; - FEARFULNESS
The state of being fearful. - SHOCKDOG
See 1 - SOLEMNIZATE
To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. Bp. Burnet. - SOLEMNLY
In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift. - ALARM
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in - DISCOURAGEMENT
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; - APPALL
1. To make pale; to blanch. The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt. 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only - HORRIFIC
Causing horror; frightful. Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor. - HORRIFICATION
That which causes horror. Miss Edgeworth. - DREADFUL
1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. "With dreadful heart." Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. 3. - SOLEMNNESS
The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship. - SHOCK-HEADED
Having a thick and bushy head of hair. - ALARMABLE
Easily alarmed or disturbed. - DREADFULNESS
The quality of being dreadful. - SHOCK
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. (more info) quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap 1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set - UNAPPALLED
Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted. Milton.