Definición y significado de appalling

AppallingAp*pall"ing, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.

AppallAp*pall" (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + pâlir to grow pale, to make pale, pâle pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall.]
1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]

The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . .
Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

3. 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.

The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

Syn. -- To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.

AppallAp*pall", v. i.
1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] Gower.

2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

AppallAp*pall", n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.