appall
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
appall (appalls, present participle appalling; past and past participle appalled)
- (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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
- The answer that ye made to me, my dear, […] / Hath so appalled my countenance.
- (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.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.
- German: entsetzen, abstoßen
- Italian: impallidire
- Portuguese: consternar
- Russian: ужаса́ть
- Spanish: consternar, abrumar, apabullar
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