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appalment

appalment noun: the state of being appalled or alarmed.

Noun

appalment (countable and uncountable, plural appalments)

  1. The 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

Forms of appalment

pluralappalments

Origin of appalment

From appal + -ment.

Questions about appalment

What does appalment mean?
Appalment means the state of being appalled or alarmed.
What part of speech is appalment?
Appalment is a noun.
What is the plural of appalment?
The plural of appalment is appalments.

Words near appalment in the dictionary

  1. appallingly
  2. appallingness
  3. appallment
  4. appalls
  5. appalmed
  6. appalment
  7. appalments
  8. Appalonia
  9. appaloosa
  10. appaloosas
  11. Appalousa

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