Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense appals, present participle appalling, past tense, past participle appalledregional note: in AM, use appall
verb
If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
His ignorance appals me. [VERB noun]
The complete disregard for suffering would appal any decent person. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: horrify, shock, alarm, frighten More Synonyms of appal
appal in British English
or US appall (əˈpɔːl)
verbWord forms: -pals, -palling, -palledWord forms: US-palls, -palling or -palled
(transitive)
to fill with horror; shock or dismay
Word origin
C14: from Old French appalir to turn pale
appal in American English
(əˈpɔl)
verb transitiveWord forms: apˈpalled or apˈpalling
alt. sp. of
appall
Examples of 'appal' in a sentence
appal
Sometimes his ideas appal me, but they excite me too, because they are new.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
In other languages
appal
British English: appal VERB
If something appals you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
His ignorance appals me.
American English: appall
Brazilian Portuguese: horrorizar
Chinese: 使厌恶
European Spanish: horrorizar
French: horrifier
German: entsetzen
Italian: sconvolgere
Japanese: がく然とさせる
Korean: 간담을 서늘케 한다
European Portuguese: horrorizar
Latin American Spanish: horrorizar
Chinese translation of 'appal'
appal
or (US) appall
(əˈpɔːl)
vt
(= shock) 使惊(驚)骇(駭) (shǐ jīnghài)
(verb)
Definition
to fill with horror
Such a waste of money appals me.
Synonyms
horrify
a crime trend that will horrify the community
shock
They were easily shocked in those days.
alarm
We could not see what had alarmed him.
frighten
Most children are frightened by the sight of blood.
scare
She's just trying to scare me.
terrify
The thought of a slow, painful death terrified me.
outrage
disgust
He disgusted everyone with his boorish behaviour.
dishearten
revolt
He entirely revolts me.
intimidate
Attempts to intimidate people into voting for them failed.
dismay
The committee was dismayed by what it had been told.