appalment

English

Etymology

appal +‎ -ment

Noun

appalment (countable and uncountable, plural appalments)

  1. The state of being appalled or alarmed.
    • 1834, John Ashburner, On dentition and some coincident disorders, page 226:
      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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