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  1. 1. a. To make pale; to blanch. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To lose flavor or become stale. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. Terror; dismay. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. strike with disgust or revulsion Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised Source: wordnet
  9. 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. Source: webster
  10. 10. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper. Source: adambom
  11. 11. v:100 v strike with disgust or revulsion v fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised Source: ecdict

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