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appallest

appallest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of appall.

Meaning of appall

Verb

appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)

  1. (transitive) To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
    • The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make pale; to blanch.
    • Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere
      whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe
      hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […]c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 63r
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To weaken; to reduce in strength
    • wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavor or to become stale.

Origin of appallest

appall + -est

Questions about appallest

What is appallest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Appallest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of appall.

Words near appallest in the dictionary

  1. appaling
  2. appall
  3. appalled
  4. appaller
  5. appallers
  6. appallest
  7. appalleth
  8. appalling
  9. appallingly
  10. appallingness
  11. appallment

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