appall
11appall — also appal verb (appalled; appalling) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French apalir, from Old French, from a (from Latin ad ) + palir to grow pale, from Latin pallescere, inchoative of pallēre to be pale more at fallow Date: 14th century …
12appall — /euh pawl /, v.t. 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. [1275 1325; ME < MF ap(p)allir to grow or make pale, equiv. to a A 5 +… …
13appall — verb /ʌˈpɔl/ 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… …
14appall — Synonyms and related words: abash, astound, awe, confound, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, disgust, dismay, faze, freeze, give offense, gross out, horrify, nauseate, offend, overawe, paralyze, petrify, put off, put out, repel, revolt, scare stiff,… …
15appall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. horrify, shock; disgust, revolt. See fear, pain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shock, amaze, horrify, dismay; see dismay , shock 2 . See Synonym Study at dismay . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dismay …
16appall — ap|pall [ ə pɔl ] verb transitive to shock or offend someone very much: The scale of the destruction appalled us …
17appall — v. (R) it apalled me to see such sloppy work; it apalled them that no preparations had been made …
18appall — v. horrify, outrage, dismay …
19appall — v. a. Terrify, frighten, affright, dismay, daunt, horrify, shock, put in great fear, strike with terror, petrify with fear, palsy or paralyze with fear …
20appall — v 1. frighten, Archaic. affright, alarm, scare, intimidate; harrow, horrify, terrify, frighten out of one s wits, scare to death; shock, startle, astound, stun, stupefy, paralyze, petrify. 2. dismay, consternate, discourage, dishearten, deter;… …
