[əˈpɔːl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- greatly dismay or horrify
(e.g: bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers)


Phrases:

Origin:
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)