Dictionary Entry
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.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To make pale; to blanch.
- 2adjective
To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
- 3adjective
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.
- 4intransitive verb
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- 5intransitive verb
To lose flavor or become stale.
- 6noun
Terror; dismay.
- 7verb
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"
- 8verb
strike with disgust or revulsion
"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
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