单词 | appal |
释义 | appal/əˈpɔːl![]() (US appall) verb (appals, appalling, appalled) [with object] Greatly dismay or horrify: bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers (as adjective appalled) Alison looked at me, appalled...
Synonyms horrify, shock, dismay, distress greatly, outrage, scandalize, alarm; make someone's blood run cold, make someone's hair stand on end; disgust, repel, revolt, sicken, nauseate, offend OriginMiddle 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).
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