different between appall vs dispirit

English

Alternative forms

• appal (occasionally in Commonwealth English)

Etymology

From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”). See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-pôl?, IPA^(key): /??p??l/

Verb

appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)

1. (transitive) To fill with horror; to dismay.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
   • 1557, Thomas Wyatt, To his love that hath given him answer of refusal

     The answer that ye made to me, my dear, […] / Hath so appalled my countenance.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength

   • wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

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5. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.

Synonyms

• dismay, terrify, daunt, frighten, affright, scare, depress
• See also Thesaurus:frighten

Translations

Anagrams

• palpal

English

Alternative forms

• disspirit

Etymology

dis- +? spirit

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r?t

Verb

dispirit (third-person singular simple present dispirits, present participle dispiriting, simple past and past participle dispirited)

1. (transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.

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