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aghast

[ uh-gast, uh-gahst ]

adjective

  1. struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror:

    They stood aghast at the sight of the plane crashing.



aghast

/ əˈɡɑ˲õ³Ù /

adjective

  1. postpositive overcome with amazement or horror
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aghast1

1225–75; Middle English agast frightened, past participle of agasten, equivalent to a- a- 3 + gasten, Old English ²µÇ£²õ³Ù²¹²Ô to frighten, earlier *²µÄå²õ³ÙÂá²¹²Ô < Germanic causative *gaistjan; ghost
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aghast1

C13: agast, from Old English ²µÃ¦²õ³Ù²¹²Ô to frighten. The spelling with gh is on the model of ghastly
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Environmentalists, however, were aghast, especially after word spread that the park service planned to shoot some of the elk to curb the population.

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Even the veteran searchers — accustomed to violence, threats and secret graves — were aghast.

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We also know Jaclyn married a younger man, and she seemed aghast at being among older common folk.

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Before Friday’s meeting, world leaders were aghast that Trump called Zelenskyy—rather than Putin— a “dictator†and accused Kyiv of starting the war.

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The diplomats assembled in Munich were, expectedly, aghast.

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