 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aghast
adjective: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: {aghast(p)},
{appalled}, {dismayed}, {shocked}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aghast \A*ghast"\, verb (used with an object)
See {Agast}, verb (used with an object) [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aghast \A*ghast"\, adjective & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of
agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G.
er-, orig. meaning out) + g?stan to terrify, torment: cf.
Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to
the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast,
cling. See {Gaze}, {Hesitate}.]
Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or
horror.
Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed,
Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.
--Dryden.
The commissioners read and stood aghast. --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agast \A*gast"\ or Aghast \A*ghast"\, verb (used with an object)
To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "aghast":
afraid, agape, agog, all agog, amazed, anxious, appalled, ashen,
astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestricken, awestruck,
beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, blanched, breathless, captivated,
confounded, cowed, deadly pale, dismayed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck,
enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced,
fascinated, fearful, flabbergasted, frightened, frozen, gaping,
gauping, gazing, gray with fear, horrified, horror-struck,
hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, intimidated, lost in wonder,
marveling, mesmerized, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed,
pale as death, pallid, paralyzed, petrified, popeyed, puzzled,
rapt in wonder, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, scary,
shocked, spellbound, staggered, staring, startled, stunned,
stupefied, surprised, taken aback, terrified, terror-crazed,
terror-haunted, terror-ridden, terror-riven, terror-shaken,
terror-smitten, terror-struck, terror-troubled, thunderstruck,
under a charm, undone, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, wide-eyed,
wonder-struck, wondering
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