aghastness

English

Etymology

From aghast +‎ -ness.

Noun

aghastness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being aghast.
- 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 295:
  Sugar cocks her head, in a mute gesture of aghastness.

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