appal
Fill with disgust
Appal is the British spelling of appall, meaning to fill with horror, shock, or dismay.
The word suggests a strong emotional reaction to something morally offensive or deeply disturbing: The conditions in the refugee camp appalled visiting journalists.
What appals someone typically violates their sense of decency or expectations of civilized behavior.
The adjective appalling describes something that provokes this reaction, though it often weakens to mean merely very bad: appalling weather.
Cause intense revulsion
- terrifyCause extreme fright
- frightenCause sudden alarm
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
disgust · repulse · sicken · nauseate · outrage · scandalize · offend · repel
Disturb someone's composure
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- perturbTo disturb deeply
- disquietMental unrest or agitation
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
discompose · agitate · shake · rattle · faze · alarm · distress · trouble
Cause to lose hope
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- dispiritCause to lose hope
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
trouble · demoralize · deflate · sadden · deject · disappoint · consternation · crestfallen
horrify
Cause intense revulsion
revolt · disgust · repulse · sicken · nauseate · outrage · scandalize · offend · repel · disturb
unnerve
Disturb someone's composure
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- perturbTo disturb deeply
- disquietMental unrest or agitation
disturb · discompose · agitate · shake · rattle · faze · alarm · distress · trouble · dismay
dishearten
Cause to lose hope
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- dispiritCause to lose hope
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
distress · trouble · demoralize · deflate · sadden · deject · disappoint · consternation · crestfallen · despondent
stun
Daze by force
dumbfound · flabbergast · stagger · overwhelm · floor · thunderstruck · blindside · jarring · jolt · reel
- appeals courtCourt reviewing contested rulings
- legal appealsFormal requests for case review
- appeals processSystem for contesting decisions
- court of appealsTribunal reviewing lower rulings
- appeals boardBody hearing contested decisions
- appeals to emotionPersuasion through feeling
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