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3 definitions found 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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