aghast

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  1. adjective Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.

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  • I'm aghast -- us Army guys had to pay a nickel a can ... ... —  Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..
  • When my nephew became an attorney we were aghast -- such a blot had never besmirched our family before. —  The American Spectator
  • I was aghast, and stopped her, telling her that every single one of those pills contraindicates my Tegretol. —  Monkeyfister
  • Mike looked aghast, as if I had just asked him to play point guard in the NBA. —  Market News
  • This seemed incredible; people stared at one another aghast, and boldly declared that "it was just a bazaar shave and a mistake," for out in the Far, Far East there had been no preliminary muttering of the storm which was about to burst and drown half the world in tears Nevertheless, the news was horribly true. —  The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma
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speechless ·  unable ·  dumbfounded ·  petrify ·  wide-eyed ·  distraught ·  daze ·  incredulous ·  abashed ·  elated ·  perturb ·  overjoyed
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  1. Middle English agast, past participle of agasten, to frighten : a-, intensive pref. (from Old English ā-) + gasten, to frighten (from Old English gǣstan, from gāst, ghost).

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  1. The spelling with h is unnecessary and wrong; from Middle English agast, rarely in the fuller form agasted, past participle of the common verb agasten, rarely agesten, preterit agaste, terrify, from a- (from Anglo-Saxon ā-) + gasten (preterit gaste, past participle gast), from Anglo-Saxon gǣstan, terrify: see a-, gast, ghast, and ghastly, and cf. agazed.
 

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