APPALLS
Verb
appalls
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appall
Source: Wiktionary
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.
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.]
Ap*pall", n.
Definition: Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition