appal

Verb

Meaning

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

strike with disgust or revulsion

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Synonyms

shock alarm outrage dismay offend horrify appall scandalize scandalise faze cow spook daunt revolt upset
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Antonyms

kindle blarney support help cause produce
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Hypernyms

revolt disgust scare frighten fright sicken

Hyponyms

shock

Derivatives

appalled appalling

Anagrams

papal lappa

Examples

My spirit is old; and some black lot awaits me On my long road. Some dream accurst, inveterate, suffocates me Still with its load. So young – yet hosts of dreadful thoughts appal me, Sick and opprest. Come! and from shadowy phantoms disenthral me, Friend. Alexander Blok

I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview Source: Internet

The news of the executions horrified us Source: Internet

The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

app. Appaduraian appair Appalachia appalachian Appalachian blazing star