APPALLED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of appalled

as in aghast

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verb

past tense of appall

as in shocked

to cause an unpleasant surprise for conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers

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Adjective

And part of me is a little appalled by that. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026 Coogan said, sounding less appalled than giddy at the figure. — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ongoing satirical series at first appalled many viewers with its resolute political incorrectness and penchant for four-letter words from the mouths of babes, and that was nowhere more evident than in Cartman himself. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026 While some praised Galliano’s immeasurable talent as a fashion designer, others were appalled by the choice, given his previous offenses and the rise of antisemitic attacks in New York City and internationally. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for appalled

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Adjective

Each of these scandals generated countless headlines from an aghast press and commentariat class.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
At first Burgomeister is aghast at such a horrific proposal and rebuffs her offer.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of aghast

Verb

Officers issued verbal orders, and one officer deployed a Taser, whose probes shocked the suspect, the spokesman said.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
In August 2018, the mysterious disappearance of pregnant Shanann Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste shocked the town of Frederick, Colorado.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of shocked

Adjective

Gomez, 67, recalled, watching as responding officers pulled a horrified boy from the car.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Greg O'Neill, 63, was swimming at Sorrento Beach in the northern suburbs of Perth in Western Australia on Friday when the attack happened in front of horrified beachgoers.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of horrified

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Two weeks later, back in Amsterdam, he was stunned to see another patient with strong similarities.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Drinkwitz has become emotional when talking about Jones’ condition, stunned that a former high school football and basketball star was in need of life-saving procedures in such a short amount of time.

— PJ Green October 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of stunned

Adjective

Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Vence, France The smallest cathedral in France is already fairly unassuming, but those who don’t know to look might be surprised to find a Chagall mosaic, Moses Saved from the Waters, tucked away in a corner of the church.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of surprised

Adjective

But Iñárritu’s caricatures become people in a way Kubrick’s don’t; as the bewildered President, for example, John Goodman is simultaneously grounded and theatrical in his presentation, recalling his best work with the Coen brothers.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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