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appal

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appal US, appall [əˈpɔːl]
vb -pals, -palling, -palled US, -palls -palling, -palled
(tr) to fill with horror; shock or dismay
[from Old French appalir to turn pale]
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.appal - strike with disgust or revulsionappal - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
churn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
2.appal - fill with apprehension or alarmappal - 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"
affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
shock - strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her"

appal
verb horrify, shock, alarm, frighten, scare, terrify, outrage, disgust, dishearten, revolt, intimidate, dismay, daunt, sicken, astound, harrow, unnerve, petrify, scandalize, make your hair stand on end (informal) She's starting to look like her mother, which appals me.
Translations
appal appall (US) [əˈpɔːl] VThorrorizar
everyone was appalledse horrorizaron todos, todos quedaron consternados
I was appalled by the newsme horrorizó la noticia

appal [əˈpɔːl] vt
(= dismay) → consterner, atterrer
(= horrify) → horrifier

appal, (US also) appall
vtentsetzen; to be appalled (at or by something) (→ über etw acc) → entsetzt sein

appal appall (Am) [əˈpɔːl] vtsconvolgere, atterrire

appal (əˈpoːl) (American) appallpast tense, past participle apˈpalled verb
to horrify or shock. We were appalled by the bomb damage.
apˈpalling adjective
apˈpallingly adverb


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He notices every landmark; can retrace his route through the most monotonous plains, or the most perplexed labyrinths of the mountains; no danger nor difficulty can appal him, and he scorns to complain under any privation.
But that contradiction in the lamp more and more appals him.
His voice and hand were both arrested by a roar, or rather a shriek from the beast, that was sufficiently terrific to appal even a stouter heart than that of the naturalist.
 
 
 
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