Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to appall
Participle: appalled
Gerund: appalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | appall |
| you | appall |
| he;she;it | appalls |
| we | appall |
| you | appall |
| they | appall |
Perfect
| I | have appalled |
| you | have appalled |
| he;she;it | has appalled |
| we | have appalled |
| you | have appalled |
| they | have appalled |
Past
| I | appalled |
| you | appalled |
| he;she;it | appalled |
| we | appalled |
| you | appalled |
| they | appalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had appalled |
| you | had appalled |
| he;she;it | had appalled |
| we | had appalled |
| you | had appalled |
| they | had appalled |
Future
| I | will appall |
| you | will appall |
| he;she;it | will appall |
| we | will appall |
| you | will appall |
| they | will appall |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | appall |
| you | appall |
| he;she;it | appall |
| we | appall |
| you | appall |
| they | appall |
Perfect
| I | have appalled |
| you | have appalled |
| he;she;it | have appalled |
| we | have appalled |
| you | have appalled |
| they | have appalled |
Imperfect
| I | appalled |
| you | appalled |
| he;she;it | appalled |
| we | appalled |
| you | appalled |
| they | appalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had appalled |
| you | had appalled |
| he;she;it | had appalled |
| we | had appalled |
| you | had appalled |
| they | had appalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would appall |
| you | would appall |
| he;she;it | would appall |
| we | would appall |
| you | would appall |
| they | would appall |
Perfect
| I | would have appalled |
| you | would have appalled |
| he;she;it | would have appalled |
| we | would have appalled |
| you | would have appalled |
| they | would have appalled |
Imperative
| you | appall |
| we | Let's appall |
| you | appall |
Verbs conjugated like 'appall'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'appall'
appal,
appeall,
appair,
apparel,
appay,
appeal,
appel,
apple,
apply,
pall,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- 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.
- frighten
- dismay
- consternate, horrify, shock, daunt, stun, frighten, petrify, disgust
Antonyms
- dismay
- hearten, embolden, encourage, confidence
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall. See: Old French '
apalir'.
Sample Sentences
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And what was the matter with Legree ? and what was there in a simple curl of fair hair to appall that brutal man, familiar with every form of cruelty ? To answer this, we must carry the reader backward in his history. Hard and reprobate as the godless man seemed now, there had been a time when [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)