Appalment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being appalled or alarmed. countable, uncountable

    "One patient, in walking through the street, may be quite appalled at the approach of a runaway horse. The degree of appalment in another may be quite trifling."

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"One patient, in walking through the street, may be quite appalled at the approach of a runaway horse. The degree of appalment in another may be quite trifling."

Etymology

From appal + -ment.

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