appallment.
Shock or depression occasioned by terror or disgust; dismay; the state of being appalled.
Meaning & usage
Shock or depression occasioned by terror or disgust; dismay; the state of being appalled.
Where this word comes from
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.
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