Synonyms for appall
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-pawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɔl |
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Définition of appall
Origin :- also appal, early 14c., "to fade;" c.1400, "to grow pale," from Old French apalir "become or make pale," from a- "to" (see ad-) + palir "grow pale," from Latin pallere (see pallor). Meaning "cause dismay or shock," is 1530s. Related: Appalled; appalling.
- verb horrify
- The cloud crowned cliff did not appall my high-reaching eye.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- The scene before them was enough to appall the stoutest heart.
- Extract from : « The River of Darkness » by William Murray Graydon
- The consequences of the step they had taken began to appall her.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
- The grand dignity of the dead woman's face did not appall them, but it frightened me.
- Extract from : « A Circuit Rider's Wife » by Corra Harris
- On the other side, there was a man whom no danger could appall.
- Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete » by John Lothrop Motley
- And no prison walls loom so high as to appall our heroine's soul.
- Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- A Napoleon in petticoats, she was about to appall the confederation.
- Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath
- What marvel that love should make him weak whom death could not appall!
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. » by Various
- At the same time he hesitated to appall her with the grim knowledge.
- Extract from : « Ghetto Tragedies » by Israel Zangwill
- He knew he was in a plight that might appall the bravest, but he kept himself in hand.
- Extract from : « The Scouts of the Valley » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Antonyms for appall
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