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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appall \Ap*pall"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See Pale, adjective, and cf. {Pall}.]
1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]
The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. --Wyatt.
2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland.
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. --Clarendon.
Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See {Dismay}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appall \Ap*pall"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] --Gower.
2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appall \Ap*pall"\, noun Terror; dismay. [Poet.] --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appall
verb
1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock}, {offend}, {scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {outrage}]
2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" [syn: {dismay}, {alarm}, {appal}, {horrify}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "appall": 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, scare to death, shake, shock, sicken, strike dumb, strike terror into, stun, stupefy, take aback, terrify, turn the stomach
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