English-Thai Dictionary

appall

VT ทำให้ กลัว  ทำให้ ตกใจ  dismay shock appall tham-hai-klua

 

appalling

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ ตกใจ  shocking horrifying sueng-tham-hai-tok-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPALL

v.t.[L. palleo, to become pale. See Pale. ] 1. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
2. To reduce, allay or destroy; as, to appall thirst. [Unusual. ]

 

APPALL

v.i.To grow faint; to be dismayed.

 

APPALLED

pp. Depressed or disheartened with fear; reduced.

 

APPALLING

ppr. Depressing occasioned by fear; discouragement.

 

APPALLMENT

n.Depression occasioned by fear; discouragement.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPALL

Ap *pall ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling. ]Etym: [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad ) + pâlir to grow pale, to make pale, pâle pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall. ]

 

1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs. ] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, ... Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

 

2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

 

3. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

 

Syn. -- To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.

 

APPALL

APPALL Ap *pall ", v. i.

 

1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs. ] Gower.

 

2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs. ]

 

APPALL

APPALL Ap *pall ", n.

 

Defn: Terror; dismay. [Poet. ] Cowper.

 

APPALLING

APPALLING Ap *pall "ing, a.

 

Defn: Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap *pall "ing *ly, adv.

 

APPALLMENT

APPALLMENT Ap *pall "ment, n.

 

Defn: Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

appall

ap pall |əˈpôl əˈpɔl | ▶verb ( appalls, appalling , appalled ) [ with obj. ] greatly dismay or horrify: bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some officials | (as adj. appalled ) : Alison looked at me, appalled. ORIGIN 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 ‘dismay, horrify ’ (late Middle English ).

 

appalling

ap pall ing |əˈpôliNG əˈpɔlɪŋ | ▶adjective informal awful; terrible: his conduct was appalling. DERIVATIVES ap pall ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

appalling

ap ¦pall |ing |əˈpɔːlɪŋ | ▶adjective horrifying; shocking: the cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack. • informal shockingly bad; awful: his conduct was appalling. DERIVATIVES appallingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

appall

appall verb it doesn't take much to appall her: horrify, shock, dismay, distress, outrage, scandalize; disgust, repel, revolt, sicken, nauseate, offend, make someone's blood run cold.

 

appalling

appalling adjective 1 an appalling crime: shocking, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, ghastly, hideous, horrendous, frightful, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent, outrageous, gruesome, grisly, monstrous, heinous, egregious. 2 informal your schoolwork is appalling: bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, hopeless, lamentable; informal rotten, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, woeful, useless, lousy, abysmal, dire.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

appalling

appalling adjective 1 appalling injuries | an appalling crime: shocking, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, ghastly, hideous, horrendous, frightful, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent, outrageous, hateful, loathsome, odious, gruesome, grisly, monstrous, nightmarish, heinous, harrowing, dire, vile, shameful, unspeakable, unforgivable, unpardonable; abject; disgusting, revolting, repellent, repulsive, repugnant, sickening, nauseating; rare egregious. 2 informal your school work is appalling: dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory; informal rotten, woeful, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, God-awful, shocking, abysmal, dire, poxy, the pits; Brit. informal duff, chronic, pants; N. Amer. informal hellacious. ANTONYMS admirable, excellent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

appall

ap pall ｟英 ｠ap pal /əpɔ́ːl /動詞 ～s ; appalled ; appalling 他動詞 …をぞっと [ぎょっと ]させる (horrify ).

 

appalled

ap p á lled 形容詞 〖通例be ～〗 «…に » ぞっとして, ショックを受けて «by , at » .

 

appalling

ap p á l ling 形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠1 ぞっとするような (shocking ), 恐ろしい .2 ひどい, まずい .～ly 副詞