So Homer, let's just call all these poets for shorthand Homer, makes sure that although he behaves appallingly, we really get why he's so angry with his boss.
He cursed himself for the remark. All the pleasure and the light went out of her face, and she became again Miss Abbott of Sawston—good, oh, most undoubtedly good, but most appallingly dull.
He was an isolationist reactionary who tried to keep America out of the Second World War had a soft spot for Joseph McCarthy and behaved appallingly to women, But he had his good points.