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aghast
(encz) | aghast,zděšen Zdeněk Brož |
aghast
(encz) | aghast,zděšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Aghast
(gcide) | Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t.
See Agast, v. t. [Obs.]
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Aghast
(gcide) | Aghast \A*ghast"\, a. & p. p. [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of
agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G.
er-, orig. meaning out) + g?stan to terrify, torment: cf.
Goth. usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to
the spot with terror; akin to L. haerere to stick fast,
cling. See Gaze, Hesitate.]
Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or
horror.
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Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed,
Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.
--Dryden.
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The commissioners read and stood aghast. --Macaulay.
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Aghast
(gcide) | Agast \A*gast"\ or Aghast \A*ghast"\, v. t.
To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
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aghast
(wn) | aghast
adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn:
aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked] |
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