appal
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appal
(əˈpɔːl) orappall
vb, -pals, -palling or -palled, -palls, -palling or -palled
(tr) to fill with horror; shock or dismay
[C14: from Old French appalir to turn pale]
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appal
Past participle: appalled
Gerund: appalling
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| Verb | 1. |  appal - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" |
| 2. |  appal - 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"affright, 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" |
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appal
verb horrify, shock, alarm, frighten, scare, terrify, outrage, disgust, dishearten, revolt, intimidate, dismay, daunt, sicken, astound, harrow, unnerve, petrify, scandalize, make your hair stand on end (informal) She's starting to look like her mother, which appals me.
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Translations
يُرَوِّع، يُرْعِب
polekatvyděsit
chokereforfærde
skelfa
su pasibaisėjimu
biedētšausmināt
appal
appall (US) [əˈpɔːl] VT → horrorizareveryone was appalled → se horrorizaron todos, todos quedaron consternados
I was appalled by the news → me horrorizó la noticia
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appal
, (US also) appallCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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appal
(əˈpoːl) (American) appall – past tense, past participle apˈpalled – verb to horrify or shock. We were appalled by the bomb damage.
apˈpalling adjectiveapˈpallingly adverb
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