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Meaning of "appal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APPAL

From Old French appalir to turn pale.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APPAL

appal  [əˈpɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Appal is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb appal in English.

WHAT DOES APPAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of appal in the English dictionary

The definition of appal in the dictionary is to fill with horror; shock or dismay.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO APPAL

PRESENT

Present
I appal
you appal
he/she/it appals
we appal
you appal
they appal
Present continuous
I am appalling
you are appalling
he/she/it is appalling
we are appalling
you are appalling
they are appalling
Present perfect
I have appalled
you have appalled
he/she/it has appalled
we have appalled
you have appalled
they have appalled
Present perfect continuous
I have been appalling
you have been appalling
he/she/it has been appalling
we have been appalling
you have been appalling
they have been appalling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I appalled
you appalled
he/she/it appalled
we appalled
you appalled
they appalled
Past continuous
I was appalling
you were appalling
he/she/it was appalling
we were appalling
you were appalling
they were appalling
Past perfect
I had appalled
you had appalled
he/she/it had appalled
we had appalled
you had appalled
they had appalled
Past perfect continuous
I had been appalling
you had been appalling
he/she/it had been appalling
we had been appalling
you had been appalling
they had been appalling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will appal
you will appal
he/she/it will appal
we will appal
you will appal
they will appal
Future continuous
I will be appalling
you will be appalling
he/she/it will be appalling
we will be appalling
you will be appalling
they will be appalling
Future perfect
I will have appalled
you will have appalled
he/she/it will have appalled
we will have appalled
you will have appalled
they will have appalled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been appalling
you will have been appalling
he/she/it will have been appalling
we will have been appalling
you will have been appalling
they will have been appalling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would appal
you would appal
he/she/it would appal
we would appal
you would appal
they would appal
Conditional continuous
I would be appalling
you would be appalling
he/she/it would be appalling
we would be appalling
you would be appalling
they would be appalling
Conditional perfect
I would have appal
you would have appal
he/she/it would have appal
we would have appal
you would have appal
they would have appal
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been appalling
you would have been appalling
he/she/it would have been appalling
we would have been appalling
you would have been appalling
they would have been appalling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you appal
we let´s appal
you appal
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to appal
Past participle
appalled
Present Participle
appalling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APPAL


all
ɔːl
appall
əˈpɔːl
ball
bɔːl
baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
call
kɔːl
epaule
ɛˈpɔːl
fall
fɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
hall
hɔːl
install
ɪnˈstɔːl
Naipaul
naɪˈpɔːl
Nepal
nɪˈpɔːl
overall
ˈəʊvərˌɔːl
pall
pɔːl
Paul
pɔːl
pawl
pɔːl
Senegal
ˌsɛnɪˈɡɔːl
spall
spɔːl
spawl
spɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APPAL

appair
Appalachia
Appalachian
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachians
appall
appalled
appalling
appallingly
Appaloosa
appalto
appanage
appanaged
apparat
apparatchik
apparatus
apparatus criticus
apparel
apparelled
apparelling

WORDS THAT END LIKE APPAL

archetypal
assistant principal
Bhopal
black opal
carpal
chappal
copal
episcopal
hippocampal
municipal
nopal
opal
pal
papal
pen pal
principal
pupal
sepal
vice-principal
vorpal

Synonyms and antonyms of appal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «APPAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «appal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of appal

Translation of «appal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPAL

Find out the translation of appal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of appal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «appal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使厌恶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horrorizar
570 millions of speakers

English

appal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डराना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

appal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

appal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horrorizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horrifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sihat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entsetzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

がく然とさせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간담을 서늘케 한다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Appal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kinh ngạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சமூட்டுகிறான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आच्छादन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ürkütmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconvolgere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

appal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

appal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îngrozi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρομάζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontstellen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förfära
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forskrekke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of appal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APPAL»

The term «appal» is regularly used and occupies the 70.837 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APPAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «appal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «appal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about appal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPAL»

Discover the use of appal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to appal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A dictionary of altitudes in the United States
I. & St. L.R.R-... N.P.R.R C. ,St.P.,M.& O.B. Ch., M. & St. P. R. U. P. Ry D. T. & Ft. W. R. R O. Ry. & N. Co.. Wheeler Wheeler U. S. G. S R Appal. Club . .. Appal. Club ... Appal. Club ... Wheeler U. P. Rv A. &P.R.R B. , C. R. & N. R. R B. & M. R. R. R..
‎1892
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Old-time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
June Appal 0007 (LP). Deep in Tradition. Tommy Hunter, fiddle. Whitesburg, Ky: June Appal Recordings, 1976. June Appal 0051 (LP). Whoa Mule. Lee Sexton, fiddle and banjo. Notes by Joe Wilson, Lee Sexton, Debra Bays, and Nina Dryer.
Jeff Todd Titon
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
T0 DISMAY, DAUNT, APPAL. DISMAY, in French dismal/er, is probably changed from desmouvoir, signifying to move or pull down the spirit. DAUNT, changed from the Latin domitus. conquered , signifies to bringdown the spirit. APPAL ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
4
Cultural Encounters with the Environment: Enduring and ...
Regional system abbreviations: Appal-Appalachian South; Balt-Baltimore; Chic- Chicago; Minn- Minneapolis-St. Paul; Mobile-Mobile; NE-New England; NO-New Orleans; NY-New York; Phil- Philadelphia; StL-St. Louis; SC-greater South ...
Alexander B. Murphy, Douglas L. Johnson, Viola Haarmann, 2000
5
English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
"_ ' TO' DISMAY; DAUNT, APPAL. " Dismay is'probably changed from the French desmouvoir, signifying to move or pull down the spirit; daunt, changed from the Latin domitus, conquered, signifies to bring down the spirit; appal, compounded ...
George Crabb, 1826
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
DISMAY, in French desmayer, is probably changed from desmouvoir, signifying to move or pull down the spirit. DAUNT, changed from the Latin domitus, conquered, signifies to bring down the spirit. APPAL, compounded ot' the intensive up or ...
George Crabb, 1837
7
English synonymes explained in alphabetical order
'ro mssmr, DAUNT, APPAL. DISMAY, in French demayer, is probably changed from desmouwir, signifying to move or pull down the spirit. . DAUNT, clian ed from the Intin domitus, conqueredg, signifies to bring down the spirit. APPAL, com ...
Crabb George
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The Foreign Quarterly Review
All is darkness — silent all ; Coming signs our hearts appal ! Seer. Close our temple's doors ; and round This grave in silence stand profound, Whilst I summon here the dead. Neither torch nor lamp shall shed On our mystic rites its gleam ; Nor ...
9
Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law
Many examples could be given of this transitive use of 'appal': see also the OED and the last line of 'Holy Thursday' in Experience. Thus William Frend, who shared something of Blake's ultra-radical Christian values, wrote: 'Oh! that 1 had the ...
E. P. Thompson, 1994
10
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Appal,appawl′,v.i. (Spens.) to wax faint, fail, decay.—v.t.andv.i. (obs.) to dim, weaken:toterrify, dismay:—pr.p.appal′ling; pa.p.appalled′. —p.adj.Appal′ling , shocking.—adv.Appal′lingly. [Perh. from O. Fr. apalir, apallir, to wax.
Various

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term appal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Souped-up scheme to monitor bees
The idea may appal animal rights campaigners but is the only way to provide accurate large-scale bee monitoring programmes based on DNA ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
2
More ideas on new pool(s)
Editor's note: Among other things, Todd Swearingen is owner of Appal (Apple) Energy, a small business oriented toward energy efficiency, ... «Athens NEWS, Jul 15»
3
'The Dust that Falls from Dreams', by Louis de Bernières
We are sadly used to reading about the carnage on the western front, but it is well described here, and still has the power to appal. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
A tale of two courts: It's not just the most deprived young Scots who …
... admiration of Andy Murray, not least because they identified with the aspects of his behaviour that so appal the more easily offended. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
5
City pool draft presented, but finances are limiting factor
Guysville resident Todd Swearingen, of Appal Energy, has presented his own 3D models of possible pool facilities to city administration. «Athens NEWS, Jul 15»
6
Apple convicted of playing monopoly
Even after the ruling Apple was still insisting that it had done nothing wrong at would probably appal this ruling too, "While we want to put this ... «Fudzilla, Jul 15»
7
Cult Fiction: Six reasons why everyone should watch Eastbound and …
Then again, clowns either appal you or make you laugh. That's pretty much Kenny Powers. See also: Cult Fiction: Six reasons why everyone should watch ... «JOE, Jun 15»
8
Banks enter Dragon's Den for Govt's mental health experiment
... are looking to make a profit on an experiment that involves people with mental illness will appal New Zealanders,” Annette Kings says. ENDS. «Scoop.co.nz, Jun 15»
9
Is it OK to eat dogs?
What should appal us about Yulin is not which particular animal is being killed, but that too many animals in the west are treated nearly or just ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Auckland property issue refuses to die
Most of these would appal a generation of land owners who created the current mess and are profiting from it. But if ratepayers and their ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»

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