APPALLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appalled mean? 

• APPALLED (adjective)
  The adjective APPALLED has 1 sense:

1. struck with fear, dread, or consternation

  Familiarity information: APPALLED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPALLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Struck with fear, dread, or consternation

Synonyms:

aghast; appalled; dismayed; shocked

Similar:

afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)

 Context examples 

They were appalled by inaction and by the feel of something terrible impending.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Or were they appalled by the gigantic load of debt which must bend the backs of many generations unborn?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The besiegers, appalled by their own riot and the stillness that had succeeded, stood back a little and peered in.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Her prodigious innocence appalled him, freezing on his lips all ardors of speech, and convincing him, in spite of himself, of his own unworthiness.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He pushed open a half-closed door, and we both stood appalled at the sight before us.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The bear edged away to one side, growling menacingly, himself appalled by this mysterious creature that appeared upright and unafraid.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I was appalled and was too bewildered to do or say anything.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The enormousness of it appalled him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I think even the hunters are appalled at his cold-bloodedness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)