appall
English
Alternative forms
- appal (occasionally in Commonwealth English)
Etymology
Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”). See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈpɔl/
Verb
appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)
- (transitive) To fill with horror; to dismay.
- The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
- Edward Hyde Claredon
- The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
- Wyatt
- The answer that ye made to me, my dear, […] / Hath so appalled my countenance.
- Wyatt
- (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength
- Holland
- Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
- Holland
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.
Translations
to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear
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