Word of the Day: APPALL
To daunt or dismay
appall (verb) - to fill with dismay or shock; to frighten [uh-pawl]
BREAKDOWN: A- (to) + PALL- (pale)
appalling means inspiring dismay, horror, or astonishment
See also: pallor
“But while ignorance can make you insensitive, familiarity can also numb. Entering the second half-century of an information age, our cumulative knowledge has changed the level of what appalls, what stuns, what shocks.” —Anna Quindlen
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