English-Thai Dictionary

aghast

ADJ ตกตะลึง  tok-ta-lueng

 

aghast

ADJ น่าสะพรึงกลัว  ซึ่ง ทำให้ อก สั่น ขวัญหนี  horrified terrified na-sa-phrueng-klua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AGHAST, more correctly AGHAST

a. or adv. [Perhaps the participle of agaze; otherwise from the root of ghastly and ghost. ] Struck with amazement; stupefied with sudden fright or horror.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AGHAST

AGHAST A *ghast ", v. t.

 

Defn: See Agast, v. t. [Obs. ]

 

AGHAST

A *ghast ", a & p. p. Etym: [OE. agast, agasted, p. p. of agasten to terrify, fr. AS. pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out ) + g 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. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aghast

a ghast |əˈgast əˈɡæst | ▶adjective [ predic. ] filled with horror or shock: when the news came out they were aghast. ORIGIN late Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb agast, gast ‘frighten, ’ from Old English gǣsten. The spelling with gh (originally Scots ) became general by about 1700, probably influenced by ghost; compare with ghastly .

 

Oxford Dictionary

aghast

aghast |əˈgɑːst | ▶adjective [ predic. ] filled with horror or shock: she winced, aghast at his cruelty. ORIGIN late Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb agast, gast ‘frighten ’, from Old English gǣsten. The spelling with gh (originally Scots ) became general by about 1700, probably influenced by ghost; compare with ghastly .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

aghast

aghast adjective eyewitnesses to the explosion were aghast: horrified, appalled, dismayed, thunderstruck, stunned, shocked, staggered; informal flabbergasted. WORD NOTE aghast Nothing conveys a horrified reaction better, because the whispery, gasping sound of the word personalizes it, seems to locate the horror in the victim's frozen, ghost-pale face, in their paralyzing intake of breath. — DA Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

aghast

aghast adjective she winced, aghast at his cruelty: horrified, appalled, astounded, amazed, dismayed, thunderstruck, stunned, shocked, in shock, flabbergasted, staggered, taken aback, speechless, awestruck, open-mouthed, wide-eyed; informal floored, gobsmacked.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

aghast

a ghast /əɡǽst |əɡɑ́ːst /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例be ～〗 «…に /…して » (驚き 恐怖で )衝撃を受けて, 愕然 （がくぜん ）として, ぞっとして (shocked ) «at /to do » .