appalled

[ uh-pawld ]

adjective

overcome with horror, shock, outrage, or dismay: I am appalled at the very idea of selling one’s vote.

verb

Origin of appalled

I remember being appalled that he killed off Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas | Clive Irving | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Israelis often are amused and appalled by the crazies attracted to the Holy Land, and not only for religious reasons.
The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist | Creede Newton | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But outsiders, generally, are embarrassed or appalled, and so are a growing number of locals.
Dutch Try to Save Santa’s Slave | Nadette De Visser | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The notion of anarchy so appalled the conservative Reagan, he came out against Briggs, and it was defeated.
Gay Activist David Mixner: I Mercy Killed 8 People | Tim Teeman | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“I was truly appalled by the realization of the deceit involved,” Bradlee wrote.
The Bizarre Tale of Ben Bradlee, JFK, and the Master Spy | Will Rahn | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

A quick vision of death smote her soul, and for a second of time appalled and enfeebled her senses.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
Louis was too much appalled by the two leading charges, to shew any surprise at the third.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter
The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
The people huddled together, and looked into each others' appalled faces, and no man said a word.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
It was this absence of interest after close upon a year in the country that appalled him as much as his inner visioning.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton

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