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Word: Appal
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈpɔːl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
greatly dismay or horrify
Short Definition:greatly dismay or horrify
Examples:- bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers
Variant Forms:
- appall
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