appal
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of appal
C14: from Old French appalir to turn pale
Example Sentences
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Ruth Jones, Labour MP for Newport West, added that the situation "continued to appal".
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022
"I know this will shock and appal the local community and I want to assure them we will do all we can to identify and bring to justice those responsible."
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2022
“I’m often trying to either appal or amuse or entertain you with an idea,” he says, addressing her.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2019
It needs films that challenge and disturb, that appal and revolt; that have us bolting towards the exit in search of a stiff drink at 10am.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2018
Happily, since the period which occupies us, advancing science has done much to mitigate its horrors, but in the eighteenth century, the sickening details of its course were enough to appal the bravest.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
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