appalment

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noun

The state of being appalled or alarmed.

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Meanings

nounappalment (countable and uncountable, plural appalments)

plural appalments

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being appalled or alarmed.

    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.

    1834, John Ashburner, On dentition and some coincident disorders, page 226

Origin

From appal + -ment.

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APA

appalment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appalment

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“appalment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appalment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appalment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appalment.

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