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appalling 音标拼音: [əp'ɔlɪŋ] a. 令人震惊的 令人震惊的 appalling adj 1: causing consternation; " appalling conditions" [ synonym: { appalling}, { dismaying}] n 1: an experience that appalls; " is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?" Appalling \ Ap* pall" ing\, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- { Ap* pall" ing* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster]
Appall \ Ap* pall"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Appalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Appalling}.] [ OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a ( L. ad) p[^ a] lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[^ a] le pale. See Pale, a., and cf. { Pall}.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. -- Wyatt. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. -- Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See { Dismay}. [ 1913 Webster] 63 Moby Thesaurus words for " appalling": astonishing, astounding, atrocious, awe- inspiring, awesome, awful, baneful, beastly, bewildering, confounding, conspicuous, daunting, dire, direful, dismaying, dread, dreaded, dreadful, dumbfounding, egregious, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fell, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, incredible, macabre, marked, marvelous, morbid, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, of mark, outstanding, redoubtable, remarkable, rotten, schrecklich, shocking, signal, striking, superior, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, uncommon, unspeakable, wonderful
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