Word: Aghast
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb agast, gast ‘frighten’, from Old English gǣsten. The spelling with gh (originally Scots) became general by about 1700, probably influenced by ghost; compare with ghastly
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈɡɑːst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
filled with horror or shock
Short Definition:filled with horror or shock
Examples:- she winced, aghast at his cruelty
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