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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: appalling
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: appalling
appalling
adj : causing consternation;
“appalling conditions” [syn:
dismaying]
appalling
n : an experience that appalls;
“is it better to view the
appalling or merely hear of it?”
appal
v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion;
“The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends” [syn:
shock,
offend,
scandalize,
scandalise,
appall,
outrage]
2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
surprised;
“I was horrified at the thought of being late
for my interview”;
“The news of the executions horrified
us” [syn:
dismay,
alarm,
appall,
horrify]
[also:
appalling,
appalled]
appalling
See
appal
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Appalling
Appall
\Ap*pall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Appalled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L.
ad) + p[^a]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^a]le pale. See
Pale, a., and cf.
Pall.]
1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]
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The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . .
Hath so appalled my countenance. --Wyatt.
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2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled
wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and
freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become
appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland.
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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.
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The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this
alarum. --Clarendon.
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Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare;
depress. See
Dismay.
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Appalling
\Ap*pall"ing\, a.
Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. --
Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.
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