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Appall   Listen
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Appall  v. t.  (past & past part. appalled; pres. part. appalling)  
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.) "Wine, 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."
Synonyms: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.






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"Appall" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the catastrophe was revealed when four broken forms of dead warriors were hurried into the little opening, followed by a dozen braves bearing wounds, which would appall a town-dweller. Ward's medicine had lied to them. The cannon had burst and had scattered its charge of stones among the Shawnees. One of the corpses had been beheaded by ...
— A Virginia Scout • Hugh Pendexter

... fruition of every act done in the body; and many re-births, with intervals of keener suffering and bliss in numerous hells and heavens, are the countless steps in the doleful fugue of emancipation—a process which is enough to appall any but the patient, stolid soul of a Hindu. And yet this weary detail of a very long and sisyphean effort to shake off this mortal coil and to enter into rest is worthy of the missionary's attention, as it represents, perhaps, the most elaborate system of eschatology outside of the ...
— India's Problem Krishna or Christ • John P. Jones



Words linked to "Appall" :   revolt, frighten, fright, horrify, disgust, dismay, scare, scandalise, shock



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