Appall

(a.) To make pale; to blanch.

(a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.

(a.) 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.

(v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

(v. i.) To lose flavor or become stale.

(n.) Terror; dismay.

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• There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• What an appalling beau-costume he wears! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He pushed open a half-closed door, and we both stood appalled at the sight before us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The first four days of his endurance were days so long and heavy, that he began to be appalled by the prospect before him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Master Charles Bates, appalled by Sikes's crime, fell into a train of reflection whether an honest life was not, after all, the best. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Although he did not look very healthy,--having pimples on his face, and a breaking out at his mouth,--these dreadful preparations quite appalled me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When he received this appointment he was both elated and appalled. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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