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# appalled

adjective (past form of the verb appal: appal, appals, appalled, appalling)

«appalled» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shocked and upset, feeling strong dislike or fear at something bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalled/#m1)

### In the lessons

a character shocked or frightened by a sight or a deed

### Examples

- We were appalled by the mess in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalled/#x1)
- The boy was appalled at the dark cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalled/#x2)
- She stood, appalled, as the storm broke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalled/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means shocked and horrified, so overwhelmed that one can hardly speak or act. In the primary lessons: a character shocked or frightened by a sight or a deed

### Examples

- And my spirit fainteth within me; my heart within me is appalled. (Writings PSA.143.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalled/#x1)
- Let them be appalled by reason of their shame that say unto me: 'Aha, aha.' (Writings PSA.40.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalled/#x2)
- Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while, and his thoughts affrighted him. (Writings DAN.4.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalled/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «appalled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appalled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/appalled.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «appalled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/appalled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«appalled» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/appalled.html) on Mova free.