The quality or state of being appalling; the degree to which something is shocking or horrifying.
Formed from 'appalling' + '-ness' (noun-forming suffix), a standard pattern in English for creating abstract nouns from adjectives.
The '-ness' suffix is one of the oldest ways to make abstract nouns in English, used since Old English times—it literally converts qualities into countable things.
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