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Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s.
Kevin Patterson

Meaning of "appall" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF APPALL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Appall 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 appall in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO APPALL

PRESENT

Present
I appall
you appall
he/she/it appalls
we appall
you appall
they appall
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 appall
you will appall
he/she/it will appall
we will appall
you will appall
they will appall
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 appall
you would appall
he/she/it would appall
we would appall
you would appall
they would appall
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 appall
you would have appall
he/she/it would have appall
we would have appall
you would have appall
they would have appall
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 appall
we let´s appall
you appall
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to appall
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 APPALL


all
ɔːl
appal
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 APPALL

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE APPALL

after all
and all
at all
for all
go to the wall
hole in the wall
in all
Kendall
mall
Marshall
on the ball
recall
shall
softball
tall
the Fall
the small
volleyball
wall
you-all

Synonyms and antonyms of appall in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «appall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPALL

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

Translator English - Chinese

惊恐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

appall
570 millions of speakers

English

appall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धमकी देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

appall
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потрясать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

appall
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভীত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

appall
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erschrecken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

appall
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

appall
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kinh ngạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

appall
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयावह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yıldırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appall
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

appall
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

потрясати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

appall
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

appall
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontstellen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

appall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

appall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of appall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APPALL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APPALL» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «APPALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word appall.
1
Kevin Patterson
Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPALL»

Discover the use of appall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to appall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biblical Texts that Shock and Appall
Controls learners with texts that defy common understandings of the nature of God and life in the post-modern world. Stories include the destruction of Jericho, the importunate widow, and a vision of the end of time.
Walter Brouzard, Ramona Bouzard, 2003
2
Robert Frost & the New England Renaissance
There is a relatively pointless, if harmless, repetition of meaning. But the phrase " darkness to appall" suggests the appalling effect that the close conjunction of two ideas — "darkness" and "design" — might well have. Moreover, "appall" is a ...
George Monteiro
3
The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem
This oddness has mainly to do with Frost's use of the infinitive (to appall), which allows a certain latitude or openness in the way the line can be interpreted. On the one hand, the line suggests that it is the purpose of the design to appall — that ...
Shira Wolosky, Shira Wolosky Weiss, 2001
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The Art of Poetry : How to Read a Poem: How to Read a Poem
darkness to appall” is a line of high dignity and diction, one of formal elevated language and syntax (this line would not be spoken in ordinary conversation). Its dignity extends as well into the image pattern. Darkness/appall is a sophisticated  ...
Shira Wolosky Professor of English and American Literature Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2001
5
Faerie Queene Book Four
... notsostout aknight,iamond,but notso stoutaknight, iamond, but not so stoutaknight, D D D DDid all thatyidallthat yid all that yid allthat y id all that youthly routhly routhly routhlyr outhly rout so much appall, out so much appall,outsomuch appall, ...
Spenser, Edmund, 2013
6
101 in Missing You
A. Footstep. to. Appall. There was a buzz upon my window pane There was a footstep in the unseen snow That freshly fallen on the backroads of my mind Was thawing with the rattle of the wheels I dreamt a dream: a dale of daisies vain ...
Sarah Patricia Condor, 2010
7
By Design: Intention in Poetry
The penultimate line—“What but design of darkness to appall? ... dauntingly inevitable; the drawn-out sound of the second syllable in appall (replacing the redundancy of “darkness . . . night” in the original line) is ominous; and the suspension ...
Anne Ferry, 2008
8
Poems
Yet ere the task, tho' dreadful, I forego, " Be death my lot, I'll meet its welcome blow : " No harder fate can be by man sustain'd " Than that which drove me to this hostile land." C. Appall'd,. Appall'd, he said ; the King rejoins in rage ...
Jeffery Ekins, 1810
9
Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
... and you risk being sidelined by history. • # Apotheosis (n) = • * Deification ( elevation togodhood) • * The perfect example (anideal example of something). APPALL. • We were appalled bythe horrifying conditions in the city's jail. • # Appall (v) ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
10
The Diagonal Line: Separation and Reparation in American ...
3. The. Gothic. Circle: A. Design. of. Darkness. to. Appall. A circle is but a dilated point, the center point, To come from the point is to be born, to go into it is to die. Henri-Frédéric Amiel, La Part du reve One of the most universal symbols of ...
August J. Nigro, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term appall is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Editorial: Hamilton belongs on $10 billl
Jackson vetoed the Second Bank of the United States; the Federal Reserve would appall him. Even in an era of war crimes against the Indians, ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
Seares: Rotating Rizal's monument
Other than “spoiled” images of the hero in tourists' cameras, worse things must appall him, such as bribery of Manila regulators or massive ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
3
Tuesday reader's view: Just for today
I can do some things for 12 hours that would appall me if I felt I had to keep them up for a lifetime. Just for today I will be my best self. I will dare ... «Midland Daily News, Jun 15»
4
Amazon's Catastrophe Is the Romantic Comedy of the Year
Every other couple on the series is harboring secret fears and longings — and just plain secrets — that would appall their partner if exposed. «Vulture, Jun 15»
5
'The Cartel' Is A True Crime Adventure With A 'Killer' Protagonist
It's a bit of a paradox that Winslow's smooth and consistently illuminating prose serves a narrative than can only appall the average reader ... «WPSU, Jun 15»
6
45th President Donald Trump? You don't say
... say America the beautiful, he had managed to severely insult the Mexicans, moderately offend the Chinese and appall all Americans of taste. «Economic Times, Jun 15»
7
Top 10 Songs about Summer (Part 2)
... idea of a rollickin time / was a kitchen tap appall / acid grass downs and speed / junk those days were made of / how could they suspect those ... «MusicSnake, Jun 15»
8
Father "Who's Gonna Get F*cked First" Video
But strung together with this song playing they will shock and probably appall you. Father describes it as "brilliant fuck shit masterpiece." Which ... «HotNewHipHop, Jun 15»
9
Josh Garrick: Culture for Your Calendar
Comedian Margaret Cho, known for the social critiques that “appall her Korean mother” (especially when she takes on race and sex), has also ... «Winter Park/Maitland Observer, Jun 15»
10
For Father's Day, advice from a grown-up little girl: opinion
Tell them you will always love them, no matter what, and that although they may disappoint or even appall you, there is nothing they could do ... «AL.com, Jun 15»

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