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   appal

   /əˈpɔːl/

   verb

   • 1. greatly dismay or horrify: "bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French apalir ‘grow pale’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + palir ‘to pale’. The original sense was ‘grow pale’, later ‘make pale’, hence ‘horrify’ (late Middle English).

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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