appalled
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appalls, 3rd person singular present; appals, 3rd person singular present; appalled, past tense; appalled, past participle; appalling, present participle;
/əˈpôl/,
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appalls, 3rd person singular present; appals, 3rd person singular present; appalled, past tense; appalled, past participle; appalling, present participle;
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Greatly dismay or horrify
- - bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some officials
- - Alison looked at me, appalled
Web Definitions:
- aghast(p): struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- (appall) shock: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- (appall) dismay: 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"
- (appalling) an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
- causing consternation; "appalling conditions"
- (appal) Alternative spelling of appall
- (appall) 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
- (appalling) Horrifying and astonishing
- (appall) (v): shock, dismay. FS (6-T&C, Ham, Mac, V&A, TNK (v); Mac (n)); Golding Abraham; Gascoigne Jocasta; Chapman (v) Iliad, Batrachom.
- very shocked: They were appalled to hear that they would lose their jobs