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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈpɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-appall.wav Forms: appalls [present, singular, third-person], appalling [participle, present], appalled [participle, past], appalled [past]
enPR: ə-pôlʹ Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”). See pale (adj.) and compare with pall. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pelH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|apallen}} Middle English apallen, {{der|en|fro|apalir||to grow pale, make pale}} Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”), {{cog|la|ad}} Latin ad Head templates: {{en-verb}} appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)
  1. (transitive) To fill with horror and/or indignation; to dismay. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: terrify, daunt, frighten, scare, depress, affright [archaic], frighten Translations (to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear): плаша (plaša) (Bulgarian), ужасявам (užasjavam) (Bulgarian), kauhistuttaa (Finnish), tyrmistyttää (Finnish), entsetzen (German), abstoßen (German), impallidire (Italian), whakarihariha (Maori), رنگ پریدن (english: rang paridan) (Persian), zbulwersować (Polish), bulwersować (Polish), consternar (Portuguese), ужаса́ть (užasátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), устраша́ть (ustrašátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пуга́ть (pugátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), потряса́ть (potrjasátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приводи́ть в смяте́ние (privodítʹ v smjaténije) [imperfective] (Russian), consternar (Spanish), abrumar (Spanish), apabullar (Spanish), förskräcka (Swedish), förfära (Swedish), skrämma (Swedish)
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  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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  3. (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-appall-en-verb-MoPqr2dD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 11 33 8 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 23 26 10 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 22 26 7 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 25 28 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 26 26 6 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 24 27 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 25 27 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 25 29 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 24 27 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 20 24 26 7 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 25 24 11 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 23 30 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 25 29 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 25 28 5 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 24 27 6 22
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
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  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: appal [Commonwealth, English] Derived forms: appaller, appallment

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "plaša",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "плаша"
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      "word": "ужасявам"
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "kauhistuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "tyrmistyttää"
    },
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "entsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "abstoßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "impallidire"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "whakarihariha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "rang paridan",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "رنگ پریدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "zbulwersować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "bulwersować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "consternar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "užasátʹ",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "ужаса́ть"
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      "roman": "ustrašátʹ",
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      "word": "устраша́ть"
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      "word": "пуга́ть"
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
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      "word": "потряса́ть"
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      "roman": "privodítʹ v smjaténije",
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      "word": "приводи́ть в смяте́ние"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "consternar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "abrumar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "apabullar"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "förskräcka"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "förfära"
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      "sense": "to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear",
      "word": "skrämma"
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}

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