As verbs the difference between astound and appall
is that
astound is to astonish, bewilder or dazzle while
appall is to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to inundate with sudden terror or horror; to dismay.
As an adjective astound
is stunned; astounded; astonished.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
astound English
Verb
( en verb)
To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.
Derived terms
* astounding
Adjective
( en adjective)
(obsolete) Stunned; astounded; astonished.
- (Spenser)
- (Sir Walter Scott)
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appall English
Alternative forms
* appal (occasionally in Commonwealth English)
Verb
( en verb)
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to inundate with sudden terror or horror; to dismay.
- The sight appalled the stoutest heart.
* Edward Hyde Claredon
- The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
(obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
* Wyatt
- The answer that ye made to me, my dear, / Hath so appalled my countenance.
(obsolete) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce.
* Holland
- Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
(obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
- (Gower)
(obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.
Synonyms
* dismay, terrify, daunt, frighten, affright, scare, depress
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