adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a horrific/terrible/appalling crash
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a horrific crash in which three teenage boys were killed
an awful/appalling tragedy (= very unpleasant and shocking )
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This is an appalling tragedy which will haunt us for the rest of our lives.
appalling/dreadful conditions (= very bad )
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Some of the animals were being kept in appalling conditions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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At any one time there were three hundred people patiently waiting in the most appalling weather.
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Many of the girls come from the most appalling backgrounds of abuse and violence and approximately 60% are addicted to drugs.
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He came the most appalling cropper.
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Her solicitor says it's the most appalling accident he's ever had to deal with.
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That was the most appalling display she's offered up for years.
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After 10 minutes or so we both got the most appalling horrors.
so
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However, the August fishing became so appalling that my companion and I decided to try a week in May.
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But the hard labour for criminals which replaced judicial execution was so appalling that it was in effect a living death.
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And it was so appalling that it had a genuine effect on public opinion.
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It is said that the stench is so appalling that no one can go near them now.
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Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings, sick to the stomach.
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Conditions in Evin have been so appalling that three women prisoners committed suicide in December.
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Only one person died, so appalling financial loss was tempered by human deliverance.
■ NOUN
record
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Why have they such an appalling record when ready-made Bills are presented to them by the Law Commission?
weather
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The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather .
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At any one time there were three hundred people patiently waiting in the most appalling weather .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the city's appalling pollution
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The standard American diet is appalling in its lack of imagination.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Animals were neglected and lived in appalling conditions.
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But emotionally he was pitiful, held to ransom by an appalling wife.
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I must admit my diet has been appalling .
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Not only are aitches dropped, appalling vocals now reign virtually supreme in the realm of pronunciation.
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People stop having children when the future they face is too appalling .
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The promises no longer have any substance for them, but that appalling fact has not penetrated their minds.
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The weekend press was again appalling .