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Appalled vs Furious - What's the difference?

appalled | furious |

As adjectives the difference between appalled and furious

is that appalled is shocked, horrified by something unpleasant while furious is transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.

As a verb appalled

is (appall).

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)

    • furious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

    • Derived terms

    * fast and furious * furiousness