Word of the Day – Appal

Appal (US Appall) (verb)

a-pawl

Greatly dismay or horrify.

Middle English from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English).

Example sentences

“We were all appalled at the outcome.”