aghast

Speech parts

1. aghast - Adjective

2. aghast - Verb

4. aghast - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To affright; to terrify.

See Agast, v. t.

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

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Examples

Anyone who is rightly concerned about the unfairness of allowing boys to compete in women’s sports should be horrified — and even transgender advocates should be aghast at this miscarriage of impartial justice. Source: Internet

“Belarusians are really aghast at Putin’s support for Lukashenko,” who’s become “totally alien to his own people,” Valery Tsepkalo, an opposition politician, said by phone from exile in Poland. Source: Internet

Baldy Smith wrote that he was "aghast at the reception of such an order, which proved conclusively the utter absence of any military plan." Source: Internet

Colonel General Franz Halder, the chief of the German General Staff, and Walther von Brauschitsch, the Army commander in chief, were aghast and tried to work around the order, but to no avail. Source: Internet

Friday morning, police swarmed the home of the couple on Bittersweet Lane in carrying out evidence as neighbors stood by aghast. Source: Internet

Saturninus is at first aghast, believing that Tamora is now dishonouring him as well; "What madam, be dishonoured openly,/And basely put it up without revenge?" Source: Internet

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