Thesaurus: appall

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1. a. To make pale; to blanch.
2. a. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
3. a. 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; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
4. v. i. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
5. v. i. To lose flavor or become stale.
6. n. Terror; dismay.
7. v. strike with disgust or revulsion
8. v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
9. 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt. 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland. 3. 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; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon. Syn. -- To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay. 1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] Gower. 2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.] Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.
10. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.
11. v:100 v strike with disgust or revulsion v fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised