different between appalling vs disastrous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??l??/
• Rhymes: -??l??
• Hyphenation: ap?pall?ing

Verb

appalling

1. present participle of appall

Adjective

appalling (comparative more appalling, superlative most appalling)

1. Horrifying and astonishing.

   That was an appalling waste of money.

2. Extremely bad; terrible

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with appealing.

Synonyms

• awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible

Derived terms

• appallingly

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Etymology

From French désastreux, from Middle French desastre (“disaster”) (modern désastre), from Italian disastro, itself from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum 'star, celestial body', from Ancient Greek (astron)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??z??st??s/

Adjective

disastrous (comparative more disastrous, superlative most disastrous)

1. Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
2. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

Synonyms

• (calamitous): cataclysmic, catastrophic
• (ill-omened): ill-boding, inauspicious, sinister

Antonyms

• auspicious
• fortunate

Derived terms

• disastrously

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