appall

[Ap*pall·]

That tattoo on your lower back is likely to appall your mother. Just like her pink hair once appalled your grandmother. To appall is to shock and disgust.

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To make pale; to blanch.

Verb
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

Verb
strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

a.
To make pale; to blanch.

a.
To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.

a.
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

v. i.
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

v. i.
To lose flavor or become stale.

n.
Terror; dismay.

Appall

Ap*pall" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + p'83lir to grow pale, to make pale, p'83le pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]

The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance.

2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.

3. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.

Syn. -- To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.

Appall

Ap*pall", v. i. 1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] Gower. 2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

Appall

Ap*pall", n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.

To make pale; to blanch.

To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Terror; dismay.

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