Aghast

v. t.	1.	See Agast, v. t.
a. & p. p.	1.	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.

Adj.

1.

aghast - struck with fear, dread, or consternation Synonyms: appalled, dismayed, shocked

afraid, agape, agog, all agog, amazed, anxious, appalled, ashen, at gaze, awestricken, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, blanched, breathless, captivated, confounded, cowed, deadly pale, dismayed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, fearful, frightened, frozen, gaping, gauping, gazing, gray with fear, horrified, horror-struck, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, intimidated, lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, pale as death, pallid, paralyzed, petrified, popeyed, puzzled, rapt in wonder, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, scary, shocked, spellbound, staggered, staring, startled, stunned, stupefied, taken aback, terrified, terror-crazed, terror-haunted, terror-ridden, terror-riven, terror-shaken, terror-smitten, terror-struck, terror-troubled, under a charm, undone, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering

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