What part of speech is appalling?

Appalling can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. appalling is a verb, gerund of appal (infinitive).
  • 2. appalling is a noun.
  • 3. appalling is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more appalling
    most appalling
  • Positive: appalling 
  • Comparative: more appalling
  • Superlative: most appalling

Adjective to adverb

What does appalling mean?

Definitions

Adjective

appalling - causing consternation; "appalling conditions"

Verb

appalling - Present participle of appall.

Noun

appalling - an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"

Examples of appalling

#   Sentence  
1. noun Is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?
2. adj. Appalling conditions.
3. adj. The destruction of the environment is appalling.
4. adj. She is an appalling cook.
5. adj. This is appalling.
6. adj. That's appalling.
7. adj. He says appalling things.
8. adj. The results were appalling.
9. adj. I think that's appalling.
10. adj. This is simply appalling.
11. adj. It's perfectly appalling to think of being twenty, Marilla. It sounds so fearfully old and grown up.
12. adj. My long-term memory is excellent, but my short-term memory is appalling — sorry, did I tell you that already?
13. adj. Of course, Layla didn't deserve to die in this appalling way.
14. adj. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog.
15. adj. Sami didn't deserve to die in this appalling way.
16. adj. Even nowadays, a lot of people live in appalling conditions.
Sentence  
noun
Is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?
adj.
Appalling conditions.
The destruction of the environment is appalling.
She is an appalling cook.
This is appalling.
That's appalling.
He says appalling things.
The results were appalling.
I think that's appalling.
This is simply appalling.
It's perfectly appalling to think of being twenty, Marilla. It sounds so fearfully old and grown up.
My long-term memory is excellent, but my short-term memory is appalling — sorry, did I tell you that already?
Of course, Layla didn't deserve to die in this appalling way.
Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog.
Sami didn't deserve to die in this appalling way.
Even nowadays, a lot of people live in appalling conditions.

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