appalled

An appalled person feels shocked or deeply disappointed by something they've seen or heard. They might feel like it's not acceptable or that someone has done something wrong.

When people are talking about something that's happened, you often hear them say they're "appalled" to describe how they feel. This usually means they think what's happened is really bad or unfair. For example, if there was a huge fire in a nearby city and many homes were destroyed, someone might say, "I'm appalled by the way the authorities handled the emergency response." Here, being appalled means they think something went very wrong with how things were managed.