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aghast
[ uh-gast, uh-gahst ]
adjective
- struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror:
They stood aghast at the sight of the plane crashing.
aghast
/ əˈɡɑːst /
adjective
- postpositive overcome with amazement or horror
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of aghast1
Example Sentences
Those avatars of hedonism, The Europeans, are aghast at discovering that the average American vacation lasts for just 4.1 days.
Holland was well aware, though, that her feminist friends were aghast at her career choice.
She recalls that her father was aghast when somebody asked him if he had treated King differently than he might another patient.
Everyone is aghast by the actors who are eventually cast in the lead roles.
We witnessed a world aghast at the division and partisanship that is destroying Washington just a few weeks ago.
Consequently the horrified spectators, having for a moment looked on aghast, fled precipitately from the room.
It sent a shiver through me, and even old Piegan stood aghast at the malevolent determination of the man.
Then she showed of what she was capable, and the Colonel looked on aghast, wondering what he should do when Jake was gone.
To say that the party looked aghast at this sudden catastrophe, would be to give but a feeble idea of the state of their minds.
They paused, aghast, and they turned ashen; and then in the mind of each arose the same explanation of this phenomenon.
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