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    [Adjective]  | "aghast" | \ ə-ˈgast \


    1: struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Alteration (with after {see: |ghastly|ghastly}, {see: |ghost:1|ghost:1}) of Middle English agast, from past participle of agasten "to frighten, become frightened," from a-, perfective prefix + -gasten "to frighten," {mat|abide|}, {mat|gast|};

      * Note : Oxford English Dictionry, third edition, see:s agasten as formed with Middle English gasten, though this verb is not attested until more than a century later, suggesting that gasten may have been formed by dropping the prefix from agasten. Old English gǣstan is attested only once, in Cynewulf's Juliana, and the sense appears to be closer to "afflict" than "frighten." The prefix a- in the modern adjective aghast has presumably been construed as {a-:1|a-:1}.;

    [Adjective]  | "aghast" 


    1: filled with fear or dread;


      * e.g., " ... I stood there, aghast, as the vile monster made its way toward me "





     [ "aghast" ]

    1: Horrified, state of being scared shitless

      * e.g.,  ... Johnny stood aghast when everyone looked upon the brown stain on the back of his pants 

     [ "Aghast" ]

    1: Horrified, shocked to a point where one shits themself endlessly.

      * e.g.,  ... Margaret: Put that away! I am aghast! Charles: What? You don't want to see my dead dog's spine?!? 

     [ "flab-aghasted" ]

    1: What happens when you look down and realize you've grown a muffintop.

      * e.g.,  ... I've been on this new cupcake diet, and the other day I put on my favorite low rise jeans only to find that now I have a muffintop! I was flab-aghasted! 

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