appall
verb/əˈpɔːl/
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”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.
1
To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
- The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
- The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
2
Obsolete To make pale; to blanch.
- Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […]c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 63r:
3
Obsolete To weaken; to reduce in strength
- wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
4
Obsolete To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
5
Obsolete To lose flavor or to become stale.
- Derived terms
- appaller, appallment