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appall

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈpɔːl/

Definition of appall

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
    “The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.”
    “The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
    “The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.”
    “The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.”
  2. (obsolete, transitive)To make pale; to blanch.
    “Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […]”
  3. (obsolete, transitive)To weaken; to reduce in strength
    “wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold.”
  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To lose flavor or to become stale.

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Etymology

From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.

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