Word Definition

Appall

  1. Terror; dismay.
  2. To lose flavor or become stale.
  3. To make pale; to blanch.
  4. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
  5. 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.
  6. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

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