appall

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to fill with apprehension or alarm

   The situation appalls most people when they hear about how dangerous it is.

2. 2
   verb

   to strike with disgust or revulsion

   Your manners appall me.

3. 3
   verb

   To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.

   The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.

4. 4
   verb

   To make pale; to blanch.

   Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […]

5. 5
   verb

   To weaken; to reduce in strength

   wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold.

6. 6
   verb

   To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

7. 7
   verb

   To lose flavor or to become stale.

Etymology

From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.