aghast
aghast
Definition
aghast (ə gast′, -gäst′)
adjective
feeling great horror or dismay; terrified; horrified
Etymology: ME agast, pp. of agasten, to terrify < a-, intens. + gasten < OE gaestan, to terrify < gast, ghost
aghast
Synonyms
aghast
Usage Examples
Preposition: at
- idea: Donna is aghast at the idea, but Tanya and Rosie press the suggestion, with their song Dancing Queen.
- revelation: Retailers were aghast at the revelation that a quota meant a specified quantity and that it applied to them.
- thought: He would have been aghast at the thought of Solar Arc Directions.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- leave: Does this not leave the intelligent person aghast at the pool of sheer stupidity that is amassed in labs?
Modifying Another Word
- so: But I was so aghast at the cost that I thought ' there has to be a better way ' .
- rather: Rather aghast at what we found, I stomped off with the others down the streamway.
- still: Whitney, still aghast at the transformation in her man, spoke up: ' You leave my Ryan alone.
- absolutely: I was absolutely aghast to hear how much my correspondence was being flaunted before the public gaze.
- there: There are probably seasoned entrepreneurs out there aghast at our lack of business savvy.
Infinitive complement
- see: I was aghast to see a picture of a shopping trolley, not a trolley-bus.
- hear: Miller recalled: " The third night I was aghast to hear that the picket was to take ball ammunition.
- discover: But I was aghast to discover that the battery in my camera was too low.
- learn: They were aghast to learn they had committed plagiarism, since they had both included the textbook in their bibliography at the end.
Used with adjective complement
- stare: He was staring aghast at the sudden appearance of Kemp, followed by the extraordinary sight of clothing tossing empty in the air.
- stand: Ignorant of the world, we stood aghast at the charge of eighteen pence for each.
- watch: With eyes aflame, he'd watched aghast, and stayed there quite a time.
- look: I saw Mackay look aghast at this point: he'd just heard a song shorter than most of his own.
- listen: Leon, listening aghast to a gleeful recital of his friend's probable fate, was ashen faced.
- sit: I wrote and asked; was told it had never been received, and sat aghast.
Preposition: with
- horror: The women closed round, whilst I was aghast with horror.
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