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verb

Appall v. t. (past & past part. appalled; pres. part. appalling)

1.

To make pale; to blanch. (Obs.) "The answer that ye made to me, my dear,... Hath so appalled my countenance."

2.

To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. (Obs.) "Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold."

3.

To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. "The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum."

Synonyms: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.

Appall v. i.

1.

To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. (Obs.)

2.

To lose flavor or become stale. (Obs.)

noun

Appall n. Terror; dismay. (Poet.)

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"Appall" Quotes from Famous Books

... he raised the bowl, 'Would Oscar now could share our mirth!' Internal fear appall'd his soul; He said, and dash'd the cup ...

— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant

... for which I was born. I feel no shame in conversing with them and asking them the reason of their actions. They, moved by their humanity, make answer; for four hours' space I feel no annoyance, forget all care; poverty cannot frighten, nor death appall me. I am carried away to their society. And since Dante says "that there is no science unless we retain what we have learned," I have set down what I have gained from their discourse, and composed ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) • John Addington Symonds

... she, the wonder of the east, At least, if it be wondrous faire at all, That staines the morning, in her purple nest, With guilt-downe curled Tresses, rosy drest, Reflecting in a cornet wise, admire, To euery eye whom vertue might appall. And Syren loue, ...

— Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) • Dunstan Gale

... Jack Nickerson, there was one thing he was afraid of and that was a woman. Not that he trembled in the presence of all women—no, indeed! He had brought far too many of them to land for that. Women as a class did not appall him in the least. He had seen them in the agony of terror, in the throes of despair, and undismayed had offered them sympathy and cheer. It was one woman only who disconcerted him, the woman who for years had routed him out of his habitual poise ...

— Flood Tide • Sara Ware Bassett

... a rough, stern man, and he determined to punish the abettors of this rebellion with severity, which should appall all the discontented. General Gordon, in the battle, had slain three thousand of the insurgents and had taken five thousand captive. These prisoners he had punished, decimating them by lot and hanging every tenth man. Peter rewarded magnificently the royal guard, and then commenced the terrible ...

— The Empire of Russia • John S. C. Abbott

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