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- noun obsolete Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.
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- noun obsolete
depression occasioned byterror ;dismay
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Examples
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As a frequent admirer of Sullivan’s work I am appalled at Andrew’s state of appallment — and I’m not one to make up words like "appallment"
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The president of the board gave a very strong statement stating their disgust and appallment of the girls 'behavior and I feel that they will act accordingly.
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The South started back in appallment from its victory, for it knew that a fair competition foreboded its defeat.
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Much of the advance wave of appallment at the show-which features working journalists and retired government operatives pursuing war criminals and terrorists-involved dismay that it conflates the business of reporting and the practice of justice.
Slate Magazine 2009
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