Home › Words › A › appalmentappalmentappalment · noun — the state of being appalled or alarmed.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom appal + -ment.nounThe state of being appalled or alarmed.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.appallment 87% match — Shock or depression occasioned by terror or disgust; dismay; the state of being appalled. vs appalment →appaller 73% match — One who appalls. vs appalment →appalled 71% match — Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant. vs appalment →appal 71% match — UK spelling of appall. vs appalment →appall 70% match — To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay. vs appalment →appallingness 68% match — The quality of being appalling. vs appalment →appallingly 68% match — In an appalling manner. vs appalment →appalling 66% match — Horrifying and astonishing. vs appalment →