English → Latin
“appall” in Latin
exterreōto strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrifyīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,offerōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose; to cause, occasion, inflict; tiniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to seincutiōto strike on, against, into; to inspire with, inflict, exciteperterreōto frighten or terrify (thoroughly)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
appall
aliquem terrere, exterrere: terrorem alicui afferre, inferre, offerre, injicere: incutere: aliquem in terrorem conjicere: terrore aliquem complere: pavorem effundere alicui: perterrere, perterrefacere aliquem: pavore percellere alicujus pectus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for appall?
- The usual Latin words for “appall” are exterreō, īnferō, offerō; also iniciō, incutiō, perterreō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.