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Перевод: appalling
[прилагательное] ужасающий; ужасный; отталкивающий; потрясающий
Тезаурус:
- Ireland, which had been ruled by England for nearly seven centuries, had remained largely Roman Catholic - despite considerable immigration from Scotland and England to Ulster, in the seventeenth century - had harboured bitterness as long ago as Queen Elizabeth I's time and, in 1845, a great period of famine occurred, resulting in wholesale emigration, mainly to the United States of America, generally in ships with appalling travelling facilities and causing appreciable loss of life to the passengers on the way.
- The promises no longer have any substance for them, but that appalling fact has not penetrated their minds.
- This rather tenuous Morrissey connection managed to gain pockets of press coverage that would otherwise have been wasted on Bananarama or something equally appalling.
- The weather appalling.
- Yet the sequel to the story makes it quite plain that this appalling feast of destruction was in accordance with God's will (ch.
- The idea was appalling.
- When we are young, the thought of death, whether our own or someone else's, is so appalling that we cannot face it.
- I think public services such as London Underground are appalling, and the capital city does need some kind of burgomaster - Ken Livingstone at least gave London leadership.
- "The noise at night is appalling.
- There is Bhopal, for example, with 2500 dead from an escape of poisonous chemicals from a Union Carbide plant, and the appalling smogs and pollution of Mexico City.
- The manner in which death came to men, including those innocent of any offence, could be so appalling that the final stroke could only be regarded as a merciful relief.
- Owen's diet was appalling.
- Towards the end of his playing career when he was with Hibs and contemplating a move to the Orlando Lions, a short lived soccer team in Florida, Rough's business interests not only brought him appalling bad luck but imposed a series of financial set-backs that were to affect him in the years to come.
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