| VERB | emotion | appal, shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appall, outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion |
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| emotion | appal, dismay, alarm, appall, horrify | fill with apprehension or alarm |
| Meaning | strike with disgust or revulsion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will appal him; The performance is likely to appal Sue | |
| Synonyms | shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appall, outrage | |
| Broader | disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up | Cause aversion in |
| Spanish | chocar, consternar, deshonrar, escandalizar, horrorizar, impactar, indignar, insultar, ofender | |
| Catalan | escandalitzar, espantar, horroritzar, indignar, insultar, ofendre, sobresaltar, sobtar, ultratjar, xocar | |
| Meaning | Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will appal him | |
| Synonyms | dismay, alarm, appall, horrify | |
| Narrower | shock | strike with horror or terror |
| Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
| Spanish | alarmar, horripilar, horrorizar | |
| Catalan | alarmar, horroritzar | |
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