Appal
[ə'pɔːl] or [ə'pɔl]
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Affright, alarm, terrify, scare, daunt, cow, shock, frighten, discouraged,dishearten, horrify, dismay, astound
ANT:Encourage, rally, assure, embolden, reassure
Typist: Perry
Definition
v.i. (Spens.) to wax faint fail decay.—v.t. and v.i. (obs.) to dim weaken: to terrify dismay:—pr.p. appal′ling; pa.p. appalled′.—p.adj. Appal′ling shocking.—adv. Appal′lingly.
Edited by Daniel
Examples
- He pushed open a half-closed door, and we both stood appalled at the sight before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The first four days of his endurance were days so long and heavy, that he began to be appalled by the prospect before him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Master Charles Bates, appalled by Sikes's crime, fell into a train of reflection whether an honest life was not, after all, the best. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Although he did not look very healthy,--having pimples on his face, and a breaking out at his mouth,--these dreadful preparations quite appalled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When he received this appointment he was both elated and appalled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Those worthy men were appalled by the length and hardship of the journey before them, and found an early excuse for abandoning the expedition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What an appalling beau-costume he wears! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The death-rate was appalling and the labor conditions terrible. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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