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Meaning of appall

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  appall
      v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
           of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {shock},
           {offend}, {scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {appall},
           {outrage}]
      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}, {appall}, {horrify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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