ppl. a. [f. APPAL v. + -ING2.] Such as to overwhelm with consternation or dismay; dismaying, shocking.
1824. Dibdin, Libr. Comp., 592. Hogarth never depicted a more appalling subject.
1836. Gen. P. Thompson, Exerc. (1842), IV. 159. The newspapers have reported two or three ‘appalling accidents’ already.
