as in terrified
filled with fear or dread
I stood there, aghast, as the vile monster made its way toward me
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Recent Examples of aghast
Hit PLAY on the video above to watch Gilpin talk more about intimacy in Three Women, then hit the comments with your thoughts: Did Episode 7 leave you absolutely aghast?!
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Claire Franken, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
Forecasters were aghast at how quickly Milton picked up steam.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
The comically overwrought opening sees Bang’s hero ready his crossbow against his child (Tobias Jowett), surrounded by a vicious army and aghast townspeople.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
Advertisement But inmate advocates and correctional health experts were aghast at the finding.
—Kelly Davis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Claire Franken, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
Forecasters were aghast at how quickly Milton picked up steam.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
The comically overwrought opening sees Bang’s hero ready his crossbow against his child (Tobias Jowett), surrounded by a vicious army and aghast townspeople.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
Advertisement But inmate advocates and correctional health experts were aghast at the finding.
—Kelly Davis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aghast
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One who hates raisins and one who’s afraid of the wind.Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hit lists with images of bullets are circulating online with warnings that industry leaders should be afraid.Devna Bose and John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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His fervor to determine who took the weapon reveals a shockingly monstrous side, turning his wife and children into frightened suspects and leading to a jarring tonal-shift ending that proves to be a cathartic, believable final destination for a film simmering with mistrust and anger.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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At worst, this could lead to one or more Kent State-type incidents, with frightened Guardsmen in hostile, unfamiliar territory.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
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That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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Once glued to their hiding spot, a scared cat may not come out when called by its owner.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Steffens — who looked shocked — said while smiling widely.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Binoche is the more unabashedly open of the two; at times, Fiennes seems shocked and sweetly shy in response to her candor.Rachel Handler, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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From his second-floor office in the Scurry County Courthouse, Hicks told the Abilene Reporter-News, part of the USA TODAY Network, workers in the building became alarmed during a5.0 quake Friday, which hit at 9:28 a.m. local time.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
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Treasury aides who had once labored in obscurity took recommendations directly to Cabinet officials, who were simultaneously hearing from alarmed Fortune 500 CEOs and the heads of Wall Street banks.Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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“Aghast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aghast. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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