Appall
[ə'pɔl]
Definition
(a.) To make pale; to blanch.
(a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
(a.) 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.
(v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
(v. i.) To lose flavor or become stale.
(n.) Terror; dismay.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Terrify, frighten, affright, dismay, daunt, scare, intimidate, shock, put in great fear, strike with terror, petrify with fear.
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Examples
- 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.
- 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.
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