Read full poem →How strange appear the words of all!
The looks of those that live appal.
They are the ghosts, and check the breath:
Dictionary Entry
To fill with horror; to dismay.
In a Sentence
“The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. appalappal wellappal june
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “appal”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that
Which might appal the Devil.
Read full poem →What martial glories did his tongue declare
The wretch appal'd no longer can despise
But from the Striking victim turns his eyes--
Read full poem →His prominent feature like an eagle's beak ;
A Man whose aspect doth at once appal
And strike with reverence. The Monarch leans