appall

present singular third person appalls · participle present appalling · participle past appalled · past appalled · alternative Commonwealth English appal

1. transitiveTo fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.

   The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.

   1 more example

   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

   Synonyms: terrify, daunt, frighten, scare, depress, affright, alarm, affright

2. obsoletetransitiveTo 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. obsoletetransitiveTo 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. intransitiveobsoleteTo grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
5. intransitiveobsoleteTo lose flavor or to become stale.