Appal

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  • v. Alternative spelling of appall.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To grow pale or become dim.
  • To become weak in quality, or faint in strength; fade; fail; decay.
  • To become faint-hearted; lose courage or resolution; become dismayed.
  • To become weak, flat, stale, and insipid; lose flavor or taste, as fermented liquor.
  • To make pale; cause to grow pale; blanch.
  • To cause to become weak or to fail; weaken; reduce.
  • To deprive of courage or strength through fear; cause to shrink with fear; confound with fear; dismay; terrify: as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
  • To cause to become weak, flat, or stale, or to lose flavor or taste, as fermented liquor.
  • n. A state of terror; affright; dismay; consternation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. strike with disgust or revulsion
  • v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disgust    revolt    nauseate    sicken    churn up   
    Variant
    appalled    appalling   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frightful    terrify    startle    horrid    terrific    intolerable    sicken    astound    shameful    dire