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# appalling

«appalling» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Very shocking and unpleasant** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (appalling, more appalling, most appalling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very shocking and unpleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#m1)

2) (informal) Very bad: «appalling weather», «appalling handwriting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#m2)

3) Appalling can also mean so impressive that it is astonishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a horrible thing, such as the wickedness Jeremiah sees in the land. Interpretation: The prophet calls the people's false prophecy and the priests' complicity a shocking wrong. In the primary lessons: Common in UK everyday talk and news for strong disapproval. Phrases: «appalling conditions», «appalling behaviour».

### examples

- An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land: (Prophets JER.5.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x1)
- The weather was appalling on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x2)
- The animals lived in appalling conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x3)
- His handwriting is appalling! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x4)
- That was appalling behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x5)
- The traffic was appalling this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x6)
- The food at the camp was appalling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/#x7)

### note

From «appal» (UK) / «appall» (US). Adverb: appallingly. Double p, double l.

### In the corpora

- [An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.167/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appalling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.