The meaning of AGHAST is struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset.

2 meanings: 1. → another spelling of aghast 2. archaic to terrify or be terrified.... Click for more definitions.

Who cannot look upon the horrors of her own heart, without starting back, aghast? The stings of viperous remorse..enforced him to start up, Aghast and prayerless. A cartoonist showed a lean and hollow-eyed individual standing aghast before a …

AGHAST meaning: 1. suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry: 2. suddenly filled with strong…. Learn more.

Would you be aghast, or shocked, to find out that your friends believe in ghosts, or would you share their frightened, or aghast, looks when a floating white being hovers over the campfire? Aghast comes from Old English gasten, "frighten," which comes in turn from gāst, "ghost."

Definition of aghast adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Overcome with amazement or horror.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.