appal Meaning & Definition

  • En [ əˈpɔːl]
  • Us [ əˈpɑːl]

Meaning of appal In English

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Examples of appal

  • He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war.

  • Conditions in the prison are said to be appalling.

  • Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork?

  • After her appalling behaviour, we had no option but to dismiss her.

  • The standard of cleanliness in some of these restaurants is frankly appalling.

  • Plantations and mines were generally in remote regions, and the living conditions were often appalling.

  • They extricate themselves from appalling conditions and bravely confront their villainous oppressors, while through coincidental circumstances they are elevated to a higher social position.

  • But such a proposal is unsettling, if not appalling.

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Translations of appal In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    使驚駭, 使震驚…

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  • 中文简体

    使惊骇, 使震惊…

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  • Español

    horrorizar…

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  • Português

    estarrecer, apavorar, horrorizar…

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  • 日本語

    (英)~をがく然とさせる, ぞっとさせる…

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  • Türk dili

    şoke etmek, sarsmak, üzmek…

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  • Français

    épouvanter…

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  • Catalan

    horroritzar…

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