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Definition of appal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

appal

verb
 
/əˈpɔːl/
 
/əˈpɔːl/
(British English)
(North American English appall)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they appal
 
/əˈpɔːl/
 
/əˈpɔːl/
(North American English) present simple I / you / we / they appall
 
/əˈpɔːl/
 
/əˈpɔːl/
he / she / it appals
 
/əˈpɔːlz/
 
/əˈpɔːlz/
(North American English) he / she / it appalls
 
/əˈpɔːlz/
 
/əˈpɔːlz/
past simple appalled
 
/əˈpɔːld/
 
/əˈpɔːld/
past participle appalled
 
/əˈpɔːld/
 
/əˈpɔːld/
-ing form appalling
 
/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
 
/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
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  1. to make somebody feel extremely shocked and feel very strongly that something is bad synonym horrify
    • appal somebody The brutality of the crime has appalled the public.
    • The idea of sharing a room appalled her.
    • The thought of having to do it all again appals me.
    • it appals somebody that…/to do something It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem.
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English).
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