Appall vs Revolt - What's the difference?

appall | revolt |


In lang=en terms the difference between appall and revolt

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 revolt is to be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at .

As verbs the difference between appall and revolt

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 revolt is to rebel, particularly against authority.

As a noun revolt is

an act of revolt.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

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

    revolt

    English

    Verb

  • To rebel, particularly against authority.
    • The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserved.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Our discontented counties do revolt .
  • To repel greatly.
    • Your brother revolts me!
  • * Burke
    • This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
  • * J. Morley
    • To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creature revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
  • To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
    • (Spenser)
  • To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at .
    • The stomach revolts''' at such food; his nature '''revolts at cruelty.
  • To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
  • * Milton
    • Still revolt when truth would set them free.
  • * J. Morley
    • His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an act of revolt

    • Related terms

    * revolting ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

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