appallment

== English == === Alternative forms === appalment === Etymology === From appall +‎ -ment. This word is likely a nonce; Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed to have coined it, but there are uses that predate Holmes and others that are unlikely to have picked it up from his use. === Noun === appallment (uncountable) Shock or depression occasioned by terror or disgust; dismay; the state of being appalled.