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ap⋅pall
[uh-pawl] 
–verb (used with object)
| to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay: He was appalled by the damage from the fire. I am appalled at your mistakes. |
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| ap·pall (ə-pôl') tr.v. ap·palled, ap·pall·ing, ap·palls To fill with consternation or dismay. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English apallen, to grow faint, from Old French apalir : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + palir, to grow pale (from pale, pale, from Latin pallidus, from pallēre, to grow pale; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots).] |
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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[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le 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. --Wyatt. 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland. 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. --Clarendon. 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.
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Language Translation for : appall
Spanish:
horrorizar,
German:
entsetzen,
Japanese:
ぞっとさせる
appall
c.1315, from O.Fr. apalir "become or make pale," from a- "to" + palir "grow pale," from L. pallere (see pallor). Meaning of "cause dismay or shock," is 16c.
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