appall

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Yet me thy threatening form doth not appall,

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  1. transitive verb To fill with consternation or dismay. See Synonyms at dismay.

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  • But they unceasing Winter doth appall, It freezeth to the marrow all you meet; And only Death shall free us from thy thrall. —  EQMM, July 2005
  • The news from Gaza continues to appall, with the latest Israeli strike hitting a UN school, killing children and adult civilians. —  Worcester Indymedia
  • Some 80 years on, Varèse's music still has the power to shock and appall: it is wild, feral, violent, on the very border of listenability. —  Feast of Music
  • In the path of God no errors can appall, no troubles dismay him. —  Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era
  • It is cruel, but we must push them to-day just as long as they can stand up, or until we reach the grass Nothing seemed to appall or disturb my partner; he was always ready to proceed, his voice ringing out with inflexible resolution It was one of the most laborious days of all our hard journey. —  The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse
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  1. Middle English apallen, to grow faint, from Old French apalir : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + palir, to grow pale (from pale, pale, from Latin pallidus, from pallēre, to grow pale; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots).
 

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