appallingly

/əˈpɔɫɪŋɫi/ adv C1 ✓

In an appalling manner.

Word Origin From Latin pallere 'to be pale' — something appalling makes you turn pale with shock or horror. The prefix ap- (ad-) intensifies it: 'to make pale toward.' The same root gives us pallor and paleness. So appallingly bad news is literally 'pale-making.'

adv In an appalling manner. C1 ✓

The hotel room was appallingly dirty when we checked in.

(副词) 骇人听闻地;令人震惊地;可怕地

我们入住时,酒店房间骇人地肮脏。

(adverbio) espantosamente; aterradoramente; horriblemente; terriblemente; escalofriantemente [De manera espantosa o aterradora.]

La habitación del hotel estaba espantosamente sucia cuando hicimos el check-in.

(adverbe) effroyablement; épouvantablement; horriblement; d'une manière choquante; d'une façon révoltante [D'une manière épouvantable, choquante ou consternante.]

La chambre d'hôtel était effroyablement sale à notre arrivée.

(Adverb) Auf eine erschreckende, entsetzliche oder empörende Weise.

Das Hotelzimmer war bei unserer Ankunft **appallingly** schmutzig.

(副詞) ぞっとするほどひどく;衝撃的なほどに。

チェックインした時、ホテルの部屋は信じられないほど汚れていた。

(advérbio) assustadoramente; apavorantemente; aterradoramente; de modo apavorante; chocantemente [De maneira apavorante; de modo assustador.]

O quarto do hotel estava assustadoramente sujo quando fizemos o check-in.

Word parts: ap + pall + ing + ly

Common collocations

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