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appalling

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

appalling

present participle of appall

Adjective

appalling (comparative more appalling, superlative most appalling)

Horrifying and astonishing.
That was an appalling waste of money.
Extremely bad; terrible

Usage notes

Not to be confused with appealing.

Synonyms

awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible

Derived terms

appallingly

Translations

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loathsome

English

Alternative forms

loathesome

Etymology

From Middle English lothsum, from Old English *l?þsum, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþsam, equivalent to loath +? -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lêtsam (“arduous”), German leidsam (“sad, sorry”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /?l??ð.s?m/, /?l???.s?m/

Adjective

loathsome (comparative more loathsome, superlative most loathsome)

Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

Usage notes

Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.

Derived terms

loathsomely
loathsomeness
unloathsome

Translations

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different between appalling vs loathsome

appalling

English

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loathsome

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