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I'm appalled at the overuse of the word "appalled" (Original Post) gulliver Monday OP
How does "aghast" sit with you? True Dough Monday #1
I like it! gulliver Monday #3
How about bewildered , aghast, dumbfounded, stupefied, stunned and flabbergasted! kimbutgar Monday #2
It's more accurate than "shocking." lastlib Monday #4
Outraged, sickened, disgusted, repelled, shocked, offended, scandalized Wicked Blue Monday #5
"Appalled" looks like it has something to do with death. Haggard Celine Monday #6
Does Faux pas Monday #7
Nice post, Susan Collins. madinmaryland Monday #10
Thank you 😊 Faux pas Monday #12
That's awesome. DavidDvorkin Monday #8
This is appalling!! madinmaryland Monday #9
I am appalled by three other things jimmy the one Monday #11

kimbutgar

(27,288 posts)
2. How about bewildered , aghast, dumbfounded, stupefied, stunned and flabbergasted!
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 12:41 PM
Monday

So many words to describe this horrendous era we are experiencing!

lastlib

(28,334 posts)
4. It's more accurate than "shocking."
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 12:42 PM
Monday

Frankly, with the current regime, I think the word is UNDERused. But I wish we could use it less, with the regime doing fewer things that are appalling

Wicked Blue

(8,917 posts)
5. Outraged, sickened, disgusted, repelled, shocked, offended, scandalized
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 12:45 PM
Monday

horrified, enraged, speechless, revolted, etc

There aren't enough words in the thesaurus to describe how I feel about the Orange Traitor

Haggard Celine

(17,838 posts)
6. "Appalled" looks like it has something to do with death.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 01:06 PM
Monday

It's got "pall" in it. Maybe a good equivalent would be "mortified.". You don't hear that one too often.

jimmy the one

(2,813 posts)
11. I am appalled by three other things
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 04:26 PM
Monday

Incredible: ... or incredibly, which have no comparable value or meaning when used as adjective.
It is gaslighting, as if selling pots and pans and knives on the tv or internet - 'incredible prices, incredible bargains, incredible deals', and we know the cons therein. The root word being described is generally sufficient enough rather than adding a superfluous superlative. Exaggerating, sensationalizing, embellishing or transmogrifying.
We should remove incredibly and incredible from our vernacular.

'Thanks for having me': .. yuck, I cringe when I hear talking heads groveling before the altar of the talk show host. Why not start singing amazing grace at the same time - 'that saved a wretch like meeeee'.

Overgesticulation: ... some talking heads seem to think it is normal to start waving their hands all about when their heads start talking. Circular waves, hand chops upward, downward, finger points, fist thrusts, punches, spiral stair casing. Some of my favorites too, Bernie* about 90% of the time, Rachel and Nancy 70%.
Annoying and distracting, I want to listen to what they say, not watch them doing exercise stretches and kabuki theater.

* dU rules, must not insult democratic notables.

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