What does "aghast" mean?
Aghast: To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]
- 3.Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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