Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appall \Ap*pall"\, v. i.
1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or
discouraged. [Obs.] --Gower.
2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appall \Ap*pall"\, n.
Terror; dismay. [Poet.] --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appall \Ap*pall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L.
ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See
Pale, a., and cf. {Pall}.]
1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]
The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . 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 heart.
The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this
alarum. --Clarendon.
Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare;
depress. See {Dismay}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
appall
v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock},
{offend}, {scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {outrage}]
2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late
for my interview" [syn: {dismay}, {alarm}, {appal}, {horrify}]
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