appall

Verb

Verb Forms: appalled, appalling, appalls

To fill with horror, shock, or dismay.
strike with disgust or revulsion
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
To make pale; to blanch.
To weaken; to reduce in strength
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
To lose flavor or to become stale.

Examples

Her ability to find bingos with a rack full of consonants continued to appall me.
The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”). See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.

Synonyms

alarm, appal, dismay, horrify, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock, affright, appall, daunt, depress, fray, frighten, give someone the shits, grill, harrow, make someone's blood run cold, petrify, scare, scare straight, scare the bejeebers out of, scare the pants off of, spook, terrify, terrorize

Scrabble Score: 10

appall: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
appall: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
appall: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

appall: valid Words With Friends Word