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appall

verb
/əˈpɔːl/

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.

  1. derived from apalir
  2. inherited from apallen

Definitions

  1. To fill with horror or indignation

    To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.

    • The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
    • The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.

  2. To make pale

    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 […]

  3. To weaken

    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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To grow faint

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

    2. To lose flavor or to become stale.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at appall. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01appall02pale03shock04heavy05somber06sombre07dreary08appalling

A definitional loop anchored at appall. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at appall

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA