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AGHAST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Synonyms:
aghast; appalled; dismayed; shocked
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
Context examples:
They did begin; and being too much engaged in their own noise to be struck by an unusual noise in the other part of the house, had proceeded some way when the door of the room was thrown open, and Julia, appearing at it, with a face all aghast, exclaimed, My father is come!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
At this they were aghast.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The wondrous shock of feeling had come like the earthquake which shook the foundations of Paul and Silas's prison; it had opened the doors of the soul's cell and loosed its bands—it had wakened it out of its sleep, whence it sprang trembling, listening, aghast; then vibrated thrice a cry on my startled ear, and in my quaking heart and through my spirit, which neither feared nor shook, but exulted as if in joy over the success of one effort it had been privileged to make, independent of the cumbrous body.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Sir Nigel, who had entered the room with a silvery-haired old lady upon his arm, stared aghast at this sudden outburst of candor.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Fanny stood aghast.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“Now may God save us!” cried Alleyne, all aghast.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
