Definitions for appall

appall ap·pall

Spelling: [uh-pawl]
IPA: /əˈpɔl/

Appall is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in appall (aallpp).

Definitions for appall

verb (used with object)

  1. to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay:

Origin of appall

1275-1325; Middle English Middle French ap(p)allir to grow or make pale, equivalent to a- a-5 + pal(l)ir in same sense; see pale

Examples for appall

On the other side, there was a man whom no danger could appall.

The cloud crowned cliff did not appall my high-reaching eye.

At the same time he hesitated to appall her with the grim knowledge.

The grand dignity of the dead woman's face did not appall them, but it frightened me.

The consequences of the step they had taken began to appall her.

And no prison walls loom so high as to appall our heroine's soul.

The scene before them was enough to appall the stoutest heart.

A Napoleon in petticoats, she was about to appall the confederation.

What marvel that love should make him weak whom death could not appall!

The dark vision at the heart of The Casual Vacancy may appall you, but it is not easily dismissed.

Word Value for appall
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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