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[əˈpɔːl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- greatly dismay or horrify
(e.g: bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English)
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