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What (who) is appall - definition
appall
v. a.
Terrify, frighten, affright, dismay, daunt, horrify, shock, put in great fear, strike with terror, petrify with fear, palsy or paralyze with fear.
appall
v. (R) it apalled me to see such sloppy work; it apalled them that no preparations had been made
Appall
·noun Terror; dismay.
II. Appall ·vi To lose flavor or become stale.
III. Appall ·adj To make pale; to Blanch.
IV. Appall ·vi To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
VI. Appall ·adj 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.
Examples of use of appall
1. Celebrities are supposed to amuse, enlighten, appall and outrage.
2. She cleans them after their bodily functions and deals with situations that would appall most folk.
3. The suit seeks unspecified damages for acts it alleges were meant to "emotionally destroy the Pearl family and terrorize, appall and frighten American citizens." Also named as defendants in the suit are Khalid Shaikh Mohammed –– the imprisoned al Qaeda No. 3 leader and mastermind of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 –– and an outlawed Islamic charity, the al–Rashid Trust.
4. The suit seeks unspecified damages for acts it alleges were meant to "emotionally destroy the Pearl family and terrorize, appall and frighten American citizens." Also named as defendants in the suit are Khalid Shaikh Mohammed _ the imprisoned al–Qaida No. 3 leader and mastermind of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 _ and an outlawed Islamic charity, the al–Rashid Trust.