Appall Definition
ə-pôl
appalled, appalls
verb
appalled, appalls
To fill with horror and amazement; dismay greatly.
American Heritage
To fill with horror or dismay; shock.
Webster's New World
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.
The sight appalled the stoutest heart.
Wiktionary
Origin of Appall
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Middle English apallen to grow faint from Old French apalir a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) palir to grow pale (from pale pale) (from Latin pallidus) (from pallēre to grow pale pel-1 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”). See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.
From Wiktionary
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