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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appalling \Ap*pall"ing\, a.
     Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. --
     {Ap*pall"ing*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appalling
       adj : causing consternation; "appalling conditions" [syn: {dismaying}]
       n : an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the
           appalling or merely hear of it?"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appalling
       See {appal}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "appalling":
     astonishing, astounding, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful,
     baneful, beastly, bewildering, confounding, conspicuous, daunting,
     dire, direful, dismaying, dread, dreaded, dreadful, dumbfounding,
     egregious, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fell,
     formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome,
     hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying,
     incredible, macabre, marked, marvelous, morbid, notable,
     noteworthy, noticeable, of mark, outstanding, redoubtable,
     remarkable, rotten, schrecklich, shocking, signal, striking,
     superior, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, uncommon,
     unspeakable, wonderful
  
  

















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