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appalled

adjective as in shocked

adjective as in shocked

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I remember being appalled that he killed off Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop.

Israelis often are amused and appalled by the crazies attracted to the Holy Land, and not only for religious reasons.

But outsiders, generally, are embarrassed or appalled, and so are a growing number of locals.

The notion of anarchy so appalled the conservative Reagan, he came out against Briggs, and it was defeated.

“I was truly appalled by the realization of the deceit involved,” Bradlee wrote.

A quick vision of death smote her soul, and for a second of time appalled and enfeebled her senses.

Louis was too much appalled by the two leading charges, to shew any surprise at the third.

The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.

The people huddled together, and looked into each others' appalled faces, and no man said a word.

It was this absence of interest after close upon a year in the country that appalled him as much as his inner visioning.

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On this page you'll find 136 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to appalled, such as: agog, amazed, anxious, awestruck, dismayed, and shocked.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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