appalling
adjective
causing dismay or horror.
unappalling
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a word derived from
appalling.
Example Sentences
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It seemed, in truth, to be a spot devoted to seclusion, and the sisters imbibed a soothing impression of security, as they gazed upon its romantic, though not unappalling beauties.
From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
Most die, not the quite unappalling death of the hero, but the horrible Philistine's death, as Goethe called it.
From The Bride of Dreams by Mellie von Auw
It seemed, in truth, to be a spot devoted to seclusion, and the sisters imbibed a soothing impression of security, as they gazed upon its romantic though not unappalling beauties.
From The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
Ah! thou still art calling, calling, With a soft voice unappalling; And it vibrates in far circles through the everlasting years; When thou knockest, even so!
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
