Appall vs Kindle - What's the difference?
appall | kindle |
In lang=en terms the difference between appall and kindle is that 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 while kindle is to start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc). In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between appall and kindle is that appall is (obsolete) to lose flavour or become stale while kindle is (obsolete) to bring forth young; to give birth. As verbs the difference between appall and kindle is that 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 while kindle is to start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc). As a noun kindle is (obsolete) a group of kittens.
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
* See also
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kindle English
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A group of kittens.
- A kindle of kittens.
Hypernyms
* clowder, glaring
Verb
( kindl)
To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
- And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
, title= Geothermal Energy
, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=( American Scientist)
, passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
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(figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
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(obsolete) To bring forth young; to give birth.
* (Shakespeare)
* Holland
- The poor beast had but lately kindled .
Synonyms
* (to start a fire): ignite
* (to arouse): arouse, inspire
Antonyms
* (to start a fire): douse, extinguish
* (to arouse): dampen
Related terms
* enkindle
* kindling
* rekindle
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