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Meanings of appal in English

Portuguese
ofender
Catalan
xocar
Spanish
impactar

Strike with disgust or revulsion.

      ofender
      Portuguese
      alarmar
      Catalan
      horroritzar
      Spanish
      horrorizar

      Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.

            alarmar
            Usage of appal in English
            1
            He stood as one apart-a lonely watcher whom no danger could appal.
            The Tidal Wave and Other Stories
            2
            You appal me sometimes; how can you even speak of it?'
            Shadows in Bronze
            3
            President Donald Trump's travails in office continue to fascinate and appal.
            The Irish Times
            4
            Nothing could appal the mind so much as the contemplation of eternal solitude.
            Australia Twice Traversed / The Romance of Exploration, Being a ...
            5
            The consequences were such as might well appal the stoutest heart.
            Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
            6
            Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal!
            Moby Dick
            7
            It is the ancientness of sharks that helps to enthrall and appal us.
            The Guardian
            8
            Dark shadows there are, but they hide no mysteries to appal and unman.
            The Unity of Western Civilization
            9
            My Christian brethren, think awhile, and such thoughts will cease to appal you.
            The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 / A Sequel to Home Influence
            10
            You appal the tyrant's heart, and poison with secret alarm his impious joys.
            The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the ...
            11
            Battle, murder, and sudden death-evenspectres and fiends-canappal no more.
            The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
            12
            Without looking up from the table, he asked: To appal him?
            Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
            13
            And yet, it did not appal me, as the idea had often appalled me.
            Daisy in the Field
            14
            The solitude, the strangeness of the place, almost appal me.
            An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
            15
            The scenes presented were enough to appal the stoutest nerves.
            Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, ...
            16
            The Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, said he was shocked and appalled.
            The Guardian
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            Translations for appal
            Appal through the time
            Appal across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common