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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appalling \Ap*pall"ing\, a.
Such as to appall; as an appalling accident. --
{Ap*pall"ing*ly}, adv
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
The answer that ye made to me my dear, . . . Hath
so appalled my countenance. --Wyatt.
2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as an old appalled
wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and
freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become
appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland.
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.
The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this
alarum. --Clarendon.
Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare;
depress. See {Dismay}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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?"
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