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AGAST definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
to terrify or be terrified.
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AGHAST Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of AGHAST is struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset. How to use aghast in a sentence. Did you know?
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AGHAST Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror: They stood aghast at the sight of the plane crashing.
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† aˈgasted, ppl. a. Obs. [f. prec. + -ed.] Frightened, terrified; fuller form of aghast ppl. a.c 1382 Wyclif Luke xxiv. 37 (MS. O. a. 1420) Thei troublid and agasted gessiden hem for to se a spirit [v.r. agast]. 1579 Tomson Calvin's Serm. on Tim. 737/1 Nothing agasted at it. Ibid. 699/1 The torments...
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AGHAST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
shocked or surprised in an unpleasant way: Workers and union officials were aghast at the layoffs. (Definition of aghast from the Cambridge Academic Content ...
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aghast Definition - Magoosh GRE
Definition for aghast – Struck with amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror. See agast , vt – Synonyms Horrified, dismayed, confounded, astounded, ...
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aghast
aghast, ppl. a. (əˈgɑːst, -æ-) Forms: 3–6 agast, 6– aghast. [Pa. pple. of agast v. to frighten, affright. The fuller agasted is also found. Cf. roast (beef), roasted. The unetymological spelling with gh appears first in Scotch c 1425 (probably influenced by ghast, ghaist, ghost); it became general a...
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Agast - Webster's Dictionary 1828
AG'AST or AGH'AST, adjective Struck with terror, or astonishment; amazed; struck silent with horror. With shuddering horror pale and eyes agast.
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aghasting, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective aghasting is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for aghasting is from 1593, in the writing of Thomas Nashe, ...
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aghast - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
aghast (comparative more aghast, superlative most aghast) Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
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"AGAST": Filled with sudden great shock - OneLook
▸ adjective: (archaic) Alternative spelling of aghast. [Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.] Similar: ghastfull, ...
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aghasted, adj. meanings, etymology and more
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective aghasted. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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agast
▪ I. † aˈgast, aˈghast, v. Obs. Forms: 2–3 agest, 3–6 agast(e, 6 (occas.) aghast. pa. tense agast(e. pa. pple. agast, -ed. [f. a- prefix 1 intens. + gast-en, OE. gǽst-an to frighten, alarm; see gast, and cf. a-gazed. The only part now in use is the pa. pple. agast, erroneously written aghast.] 1. To...
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forenight
forenight (ˈfɔənaɪt) [f. fore- adv. and prep.] † 1. The previous night. Obs.1583 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 66, I that in forenight was with no weapon agasted, Now shiuer at shaddows. 2. Sc. The evening, the interval between twilight and bed-time.1513 Douglas æneis ix. vi. 63 Serranus That all the ...
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geason
† ˈgeason, a. and n. Obs. Forms: 1 gǽsne, géasne, 3 geasne, 4 gesen(e, 5–6 geso(u)n, 6 ges(s)en, 6–7 gayson, geazon, geasone, (6 gai-, geison, 7 gey-, gheason), 5–7 geason. [OE. gǽsne, gésne barren. Cf. OHG. keisinî barrenness.] A. adj. 1. Producing scantily; barren, unproductive; exhausted. Const. ...
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