The plural form of gastness; multiple instances or varieties of horrifying or shocking qualities.
From 'gastness' + '-es' (English plural). Rare form in historical texts showing abstract nouns being pluralized to indicate different types.
Pluralizing abstract nouns like this was more common in older English—poets might speak of different 'gastnesses' to mean various kinds of horror!
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