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appall/appal
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to, gross out, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgust, nauseate |
| Synonyms: | crawl*, gross out, make flesh crawl, make sick, offend, pain, reluct, repel, repulse, shock, sicken, turn off, turn stomach |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolt, make ill |
| Synonyms: | affect, afflict, derange, disgust, disorder, gross out, nauseate, offend, reluct, repel, repulse, turn, turn one's stomach, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | cure, heal, help, make well, mend |
| Main Entry: | appall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, appal, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to, gross out, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | comfort, embolden, encourage, reasurre |
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