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ap·pal

   [uh-pawl]
verb (used with object), -palled, -pal·ling.
appall.
Example Sentences
  • You would be amazed and appalled at how much money this would save.
  • It's being appalled with them, not at them.
  • Yet the difficulties in his path might have appalled a less stout heart.
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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.
Also, appal.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French ap(p)allir to grow or make pale, equivalent to a- a-5 + pal(l)ir in same sense; see pale1

Synonyms
horrify, daunt. See frighten.

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appall
early 14c., 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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appalled
1570s, "enfeebled;" c.1600, "dismayed;" pp. adj. from appall.
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