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appall
ap·pall A0374300 (ə-pôl′)tr.v. ap·palled, ap·pall·ing, ap·palls To fill with horror and amazement; dismay greatly: "I was ... appalled by how my supposedly all-knowing professor could have made such hurtful mistakes" (Molly Worthen).
[Middle English apallen, to grow faint, from Old French apalir : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + palir, to grow pale (from pale, pale, from Latin pallidus, from pallēre, to grow pale; see pel- in Indo-European roots).]ap•pall or ap•pal (əˈpɔl)
v.t. to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay: I am appalled at your attitude. [1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French ap(p)allir to grow or make pale] appall
Past participle: appalled
Gerund: appalling
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| I appall | | you appall | | he/she/it appalls | | we appall | | you appall | | they appall |
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| I appalled | | you appalled | | he/she/it appalled | | we appalled | | you appalled | | they appalled |
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| I am appalling | | you are appalling | | he/she/it is appalling | | we are appalling | | you are appalling | | they are appalling |
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| I have appalled | | you have appalled | | he/she/it has appalled | | we have appalled | | you have appalled | | they have appalled |
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| I was appalling | | you were appalling | | he/she/it was appalling | | we were appalling | | you were appalling | | they were appalling |
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| I had appalled | | you had appalled | | he/she/it had appalled | | we had appalled | | you had appalled | | they had appalled |
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| I will appall | | you will appall | | he/she/it will appall | | we will appall | | you will appall | | they will appall |
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| I will have appalled | | you will have appalled | | he/she/it will have appalled | | we will have appalled | | you will have appalled | | they will have appalled |
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| I will be appalling | | you will be appalling | | he/she/it will be appalling | | we will be appalling | | you will be appalling | | they will be appalling |
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| I have been appalling | | you have been appalling | | he/she/it has been appalling | | we have been appalling | | you have been appalling | | they have been appalling |
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| I will have been appalling | | you will have been appalling | | he/she/it will have been appalling | | we will have been appalling | | you will have been appalling | | they will have been appalling |
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| I had been appalling | | you had been appalling | | he/she/it had been appalling | | we had been appalling | | you had been appalling | | they had been appalling |
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| I would appall | | you would appall | | he/she/it would appall | | we would appall | | you would appall | | they would appall |
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| I would have appalled | | you would have appalled | | he/she/it would have appalled | | we would have appalled | | you would have appalled | | they would have appalled |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  appall - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"outrage, scandalise, scandalize, appal, shock, offendchurn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt - cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" | | 2. |  appall - 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"alarm, horrify, appal, dismayaffright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"shock - strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her" |
appallverbTo deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust:consternate, daunt, dismay, horrify, shake, shock.Translationsappal (əˈpoːl) (American) appall – past tense, past participle apˈpalled – verb to horrify or shock. We were appalled by the bomb damage. 使驚駭 使吃惊apˈpalling adjective 令人震驚的 令人震惊的apˈpallingly adverb 令人震驚地 令人震惊地appall
Synonyms for appallverb to deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgustSynonyms- consternate
- daunt
- dismay
- horrify
- shake
- shock
Synonyms for appallverb strike with disgust or revulsionSynonyms- outrage
- scandalise
- scandalize
- appal
- shock
- offend
Related Words- churn up
- sicken
- disgust
- nauseate
- revolt
verb fill with apprehension or alarmSynonymsRelated Words- affright
- fright
- frighten
- scare
- shock
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