adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be alarmed/appalled/upset etc at the prospect (of sth)
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She was secretly appalled at the prospect of being looked after by her aunt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Appalled at the state of the kitchen, she set about scrubbing away the layers of grime and grease.
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As one appalled witness later wrote, the fire spread out of control before the family could escape.
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I knew everyone in the room was appalled by my behaviour, but I didn't care.
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I was appalled to learn that a serial killer was running a drugs operation in a high-security prison.
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We're absolutely appalled that the newspapers can freely make allegations about this company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both the Paviours were stiffening in appalled disbelief, even young Lawrence had drawn a hissing breath of doubt.
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He was frozen there with an appalled sense of waste, that his cohort had denied him his greatest discovery.
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Her family was appalled and her father told her she would never be allowed into the Royal Enclosure at Ascot again.
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Howard struggles not to feel appalled .
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She and her husband were shocked and appalled and wondered if they would become prisoners in their own home.
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Then, in a moment of appalled recognition, she saw the lie for what it was.
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They watched her switch from the attic Shirley to the downstairs Shirley with appalled , enthralled admiration.