appall
appall is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make pale; to blanch. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. To make pale; to blanch.
- adjective. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
- adjective. 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.
- intransitive verb. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- intransitive verb. To lose flavor or become stale.
- noun. Terror; dismay.
- verb. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
"I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"
"The news of the executions horrified us"
- verb. strike with disgust or revulsion
"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
Synonyms
alarm, appal, dismay, horrify, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in appall:
Common word forms
appalls, appalled, appalling, appallment
Words from these letters
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