English Synonym Finder

appall

Definitions

To greatly dismay or horrify someone.

To fill with shock or intense aversion.

Examples

The sheer scale of the destruction began to appall the rescue workers.

It should appall every citizen that such blatant corruption goes unpunished.

The cruelty of the treatment they received was enough to appall even the most hardened observers.

Synonyms

horrify shock dismay terrify alarm disgust nauseate

Antonyms

encourage comfort delight please reassure embolden soothe