Aghast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. See agast, v. t.
  • adj. Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Struck with amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror. See agast, v. t.
  • Synonyms Horrified, dismayed, confounded, astounded, dumfounded, thunderstruck.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  • Equivalent
    afraid   
    Variant
    agast   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    terrified    afraid   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nast    amassed    asked    ast    bast    blast    cast    caste    classed    contrast   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    speechless    unable    dumbfounded    petrify    wide-eyed    distraught    daze    incredulous    abashed    elated