Aghast
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English
Adjective
Aghast (comparative more Aghast, superlative most Aghast)
Adverbs for Aghast
utterly; wanly; amazingly; amazedly; astoundingly; wonderingly; blankly; staringly; breathlessly; wordlessly; indescribably; stupidly; tremulously; fearfully.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
From Middle English agast, agasted, past participle of agasten (“to terrify”), from Old English prefix a- (compare with Gothic 𐌿𐍃- (us-), German er-, originally meaning "out") + gæstan (“to terrify, torment”): compare Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”, literally “to fix, to root to the spot with terror”); akin to Latin haerere (“to stick fast, cling”). See gaze, hesitate.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʌˈɡæst/
- Rhymes: -æst
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