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APPAL (appalled, appalling)

Dictionary entry overview: What does appal mean?

• APPAL (verb)
The verb APPAL has 2 senses:

1. strike with disgust or revulsion
2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Familiarity information: APPAL used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• APPAL (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Strike with disgust or revulsion

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

scandalize; scandalise; outrage; appall; appal; shock; offend

Context example:

The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends

Hypernyms (to "appal" is one way to...):

churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will appal him
The performance is likely to appal Sue

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

alarm; horrify; appal; appall; dismay

Context examples:

I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview / The news of the executions horrified us

Hypernyms (to "appal" is one way to...):

affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appal"):

shock (strike with horror or terror)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will appal him

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