1. 7 He felt his face stiffen, grow pale with rage.

2. Appalled comes from the Latin word pallescere, meaning "to grow pale" — the kind of shock that drains the color from your face

3. 1400, "to grow pale," from Old French apalir "become or make pale," from a- "to" (see ad-)… See definitions of Appall.

4. ’ However if you look up the origin of the word from 1810-20 the word comes from the Middle English ‘Appallen’ taken from the Old French ‘apalir’ : ‘a’, to + ‘palir’, to grow pale (Howell, no date).

5. Being Appalled happens suddenly, like when you find out your little sister has been blogging about your family, telling embarrassing stories. Appalled comes from the Latin word pallescere, meaning "to grow pale" — the kind of shock that drains the color from your face.