appall

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verb

1. strike with disgust or revulsion
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
• Syn:
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, outrage
• Derivationally related forms:
outrage (for: outrage), scandalisation (for: scandalise), scandal (for: scandalise), scandalization (for: scandalize), scandal (for: scandalize), offensive (for: offend), shock (for: shock), shocker (for: shock)
• Hypernyms:
disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will appall him
- The performance is likely to appall Sue
2. fill with apprehension or alarm;
cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
• Syn:
dismay, alarm, appal, horrify
• Derivationally related forms:
horror (for: horrify), alarmist (for: alarm), alarm (for: alarm), dismay (for: dismay)
• Hypernyms:
frighten, fright, scare, affright
• Hyponyms:
shock
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody