noun. A state of terror; affright; dismay; consternation.

To grow pale or become dim.

To become weak in quality, or faint in strength; fade; fail; decay.

To become faint-hearted; lose courage or resolution; become dismayed.

To become weak, flat, stale, and insipid; lose flavor or taste, as fermented liquor.

To make pale; cause to grow pale; blanch.

To cause to become weak or to fail; weaken; reduce.

To deprive of courage or strength through fear; cause to shrink with fear; confound with fear; dismay; terrify: as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

To cause to become weak, flat, or stale, or to lose flavor or taste, as fermented liquor.

verb. Alternative spelling of appall.

verb. strike with disgust or revulsion

verb. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

"He was supposed to have outgrown all that and it can only appal the England manager, Fabio Capello, particularly as the reduction in numbers heartened the hosts."

churn up  disgust  nauseate  revolt  sicken  

astound  dire  fatal  frightful  horrid  

appalled  appalling