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Appalled vs Appalling - What's the difference?

appalled | appalling |

As adjectives the difference between appalled and appalling

is that appalled is shocked, horrified by something unpleasant while appalling is horrifying and astonishing.

As verbs the difference between appalled and appalling

is that appalled is past tense of appall while appalling is present participle of lang=en.

appalled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • shocked, horrified by something unpleasant
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (appall)
  • (appal)

    • appalling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Horrifying and astonishing.
    • That was an appalling waste of money.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with appealing.

    Synonyms

    * awful, grotesque, horrid, hideous, terrible

    Derived terms

    * appallingly