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Webster 1913 Edition
Appall
Ap-pall′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Appalled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Appalling
.] [OF. , and cf.
appalir
to grow pale, make pale; a
(L. ad
) + pâlir
to grow pale, to make pale, pâle
pale. See Pale, Adj.
Pall
.] 1.
To make pale; to blanch.
[Obs.]
The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . .
Hath so
Hath so
appalled
my countenance. Wyatt.
2.
To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce;
as, an old
. appalled
wight[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become
appalled
in extremity of cold. Holland.
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 heartThe house of peers was somewhat
appalled
at this alarum. Clarendon.
Syn. – To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See
Dismay
. Ap-pall′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
[Obs.]
Gower.
2.
To lose flavor or become stale.
[Obs.]
Ap-pall′
,Noun.
Terror; dismay.
[Poet.]
Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appall
APPALL'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.2.
To reduce, allay or destroy; as, to appall thirst. [Unusual.]APPALL'
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
appall
appall
English
Alternative forms
- appal (occasionally in Commonwealth English)
Verb
appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)
- (transitive) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to inundate with sudden terror or horror; to dismay.
- The sight appalled the stoutest heart.
- Edward Hyde Claredon
- The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
- Wyatt
- The answer that ye made to me, my dear, […] / Hath so appalled my countenance.
- Wyatt
- (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce.
- Holland
- Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
- Holland
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.
Synonyms
Translations
to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear
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