Definition of appal Appal
/ɐpˈɔːl/ - ap•pal
We found 5 definitions of appal from 4 different sources.
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British English
appal - /ɐpˈɔːl/
American English
appall - /ʌpɔˈl/
What does appal mean?
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| appal - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" | ||
| shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appall, outrage | ||
| churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt, sicken cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" | ||
| appal - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" | ||
| dismay, alarm, appall, horrify | ||
| affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| shock subject to electrical shocks | ||
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OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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appal
Strike with disgust or revulsion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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appal
ap-pawl′, v.i. (Spens.) to wax faint, fail, decay.—v.t. and v.i. (obs.) to dim, weaken: to terrify, dismay:—pr.p. appal′ling; pa.p. appalled′.—p.adj. Appal′ling, shocking.—adv. Appal′lingly. [Perh. from O. Fr. apalir, apallir, to wax pale, also to make pale. See Pall and Pale.]
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🔤- appal, verb, present, 1st person singular of appal (infinitive).
- appal, verb (infinitive).
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