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appal
Overview of verb appal
The verb appal has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage -- (strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends")
2. dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify -- (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")
Grep of noun appal
appalachia
appalachian
appalachian mountains
appalachians
appalling
appaloosa
Antonyms of verb appal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb appal
2 senses of appal
Sense 1
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
=> disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
=> repel, repulse
=> displease
Sense 2
dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb appal
1 of 2 senses of appal
Sense 2
dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> shock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb appal
2 senses of appal
Sense 1
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
=> disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
Sense 2
dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
'Cause To' of verb appal
Derived Forms of verb appal
Domain of verb appal
Domain Terms of verb appal
Familiarity of verb appal
appal used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb appal
2 senses of appal
Sense 1
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
EX: The bad news will appal him
EX: The performance is likely to appal Sue
Sense 2
dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
EX: The bad news will appal him
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb appal
2 senses of appal
Sense 1
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
> disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
=> shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
Sense 2
dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> bluff
=> awe
=> terrify, terrorize, terrorise
=> intimidate
=> dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> consternate
=> spook
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb appal
Sense 1
shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
=> disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
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Sense 2
dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
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Grep of verb appal
appal
appall
Grep of adj appal
appalachian
appalled
appalling
Grep of adv appal
appallingly
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