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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: appalling (0.00945 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to appalling.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: appalling mengejutkan, menggemparkan
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.] [1913 Webster] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. --Wyatt. [1913 Webster] 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay. [1913 Webster] Appalling \Ap*pall"ing\, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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