| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| 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: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause aversion; repel |
Synonyms: |
abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, fill with loathing, gross out, insult, irk, make one sick, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn one's stomach, upset |
Antonyms: |
admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere |
| 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 |
| 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 |