appall
Pronunciation Verb

appall (appalls, present participle appalling; past and past participle appalled)

  1. (transitive) To fill with horror; to dismay.
    The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
    • 1702-1704, Edward Hyde Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England
      The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
    • The answer that ye made to me, my dear, […] / Hath so appalled my countenance.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength
    • Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.
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