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Appalling vs Disastrous - What's the difference?

appalling | disastrous | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between appalling and disastrous

is that appalling is horrifying and astonishing while disastrous is of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.

As a verb appalling

is present participle of lang=en.

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

    disastrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
  • foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

    • Synonyms

    * (calamitous) cataclysmic, catastrophic * (ill-omened) ill-boding, , sinister

    Derived terms

    * disastrously