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Appall   /əpˈɔl/   Listen
Appall

verb
(past & past part. appalled; pres. part. appalling)
1.
Strike with disgust or revulsion.  Synonyms: appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock.
2.
Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.  Synonyms: alarm, appal, dismay, horrify.  "The news of the executions horrified us"





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"Appall" Quotes from Famous Books



... And there came to Glooskap a certain evil-minded magician, who sought to take his life, as the Master very well knew, for he read the hearts of men as if they had been strings of wampum. And this m'teoulin (P., magician), believing himself to be greatest in all things, thought to appall Glooskap by outdoing him at first in something at which he excelled; for a fish is frightened when another swims faster, ...
— The Algonquin Legends of New England • Charles Godfrey Leland


Words linked to "Appall" :   revolt, affright, scare, disgust, sicken, fright, frighten, churn up, nauseate


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