verb
1. strike with disgust or revulsion
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The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
• Syn: ↑shock, ↑offend, ↑scandalize, ↑scandalise, ↑appal, ↑outrage
• Derivationally related forms:
↑outrage (for: ↑outrage), ↑scandalisation (for: ↑scandalise), ↑scandal (for: ↑scandalise), ↑scandalization (for: ↑scandalize), ↑scandal (for: ↑scandalize), ↑offensive (for: ↑offend), ↑shock (for: ↑shock), ↑shocker (for: ↑shock)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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The bad news will appall him
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The performance is likely to appall Sue
2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
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The news of the executions horrified us
• Derivationally related forms: ↑horror (for: ↑horrify), ↑alarmist (for: ↑alarm), ↑alarm (for: ↑alarm), ↑dismay (for: ↑dismay)
• Hyponyms: ↑shock
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.