aghast definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: aghast, appalled, dismayed, shocked] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English ... see GHASTLY Webster's 1913 Dictionary Agast A*gast" or Aghast A*ghast", v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aghast A*ghast", a & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p ... Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in ... his limbs o'erspread. --Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. --Macaulay. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Aghast A*ghast", v. ...
... 1828 Dictionary G`AST G`ASTER, v.t. To make aghast; to frighten. [Not used.] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Etymology ... gasten, g?sten to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze.] To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak.
... in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. --Byron. (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome ... s Cobuild Dictionary see gape Moby Thesaurus abysmal, abyssal, agape, aghast, agog, ajar, all agog, amazed, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, astonished ...
... eyes agast. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Agast A*gast" or Aghast A*ghast", v. t. To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] --Chaucer ... s 1913 Dictionary Agast A*gast", p. p. & a. See Aghast.
... afraid, alarmed, or frightened, have apprehensions, live in terror, stand aghast. Moby Thesaurus abulia, agitation, alarm, all-overs, angst, anticipate, anxiety ... thorns, softness, solicitude, spell of nerves, spinelessness, stage fright, stand aghast, state of nerves, stew, stick at, stickle, stop to consider ...
... in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. --Byron. (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome ... rubberneck, rupture, scissure, seam, seek, slit, slot, space, split, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard ...
... overwhelm with astonishment; dumbfound. Etymology: 18th c.: perh. f. FLABBY + AGHAST Webster's 1913 Dictionary Flabbergast Flab"ber*gast, v. t. [Cf. Flap, and Aghast.] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements ...
... us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified. Cf. Aghast, Ghastly, Ghost, Hesitate.] To fixx the eyes in a steady ... look, reconnoiter, regard, rubberneck, scout, scrutinize, see, spy upon, stand aghast, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard ...