APPALL (appalled, appalling)
Dictionary entry overview: What does appall mean?
• APPALL (verb)
The verb APPALL has 2 senses:
1. strike with disgust or revulsion
2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Familiarity information: APPALL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APPALL (verb)
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 "appall" 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 appall him
The performance is likely to appall Sue
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 "appall" is one way to...):
affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "appall"):
shock (strike with horror or terror)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
