aghast
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of aghast
1225–75; Middle English agast frightened, past participle of agasten, equivalent to a- a- 3 + gasten, Old English gǣstan to frighten, earlier *gāstjan < Germanic causative *gaistjan; ghost
Example Sentences
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Ms. Ypi, aghast at the “caricature” of her grandmother that was “emerging here,” resolved to get to the truth about Leman.
Robin is aghast when she learns he’s booked a hotel room on Canal Street for $80 a night.
Social media companies were aghast at the announcement of the ban in November 2024.
From BBC
Many Americans, particularly those in the political center, are aghast at the self-inflicted wounds this country is now suffering.
From Salon
Veterans of Ashes tours past are aghast, though critics have perhaps not been paying enough attention to England's away trips under Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
From BBC
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