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- Dictionaryappalling/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing shock or dismay; horrific: "the cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack" Similar
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4 hours ago · "Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in." – Katherine Mansfield "The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." – Henry Boye "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
4 hours ago · Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror [2] or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible [3] more than gore or other elements of shock. [4] It is named after American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).
4 hours ago · 85 countries sent me any page views at all in June. This is by WordPress’s definition of country; I’m not going to arbitrate questions like “European Union” or “US Virgin Islands” or “Spain”. 22 of them sent a single view for the month.
1 day ago · A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people or cause great damage to artificial structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere. The scope and usage of the term has evolved and been disputed, often ...
1 day ago · The name Cuman is the name of several villages in Turkey, such as Kumanlar, including the Black Sea region. The indigenous people in the Altai Republic, Kumandins (Kumandy), are descended from the Cumans. [175] By the 17th century, the Kumandins lived along the river Charysh, near its confluence with the river Ob.
4 hours ago · The Battle of Okinawa ( Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [24] : 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. [25] [26] The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was the largest ...
1 day ago · v. t. e. Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation often as spoils of war, but sometimes, particularly in ethnic conflict, the phenomenon has broader sociological motives. Wartime sexual violence may also include gang rape and rape with objects.
