appalled
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"The audience was suitably appalled, although next to us a gentleman had an Apple Watch going off constantly and the couple behind me talked through the whole show."
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he was "angry", "appalled" and "disgusted" that Jewish people were "living their lives frightened".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
An industry colleague recently admitted that while she was appalled by Ms. Owens’s fanciful claims, she kept tuning in for the next installment of “crazy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Murray was appalled at a recent dinner party when a woman leaned over to her and said, “My husband paid $250,000 to join the golf club, and he doesn’t even play golf.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
Vocabulary lists containing appalled
Grade 9, List 1
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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The Westing Game
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