aghastness

English

Etymology

From aghast +‎ -ness.

Noun

aghastness (uncountable)

1. 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.