6 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [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] 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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