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# aghast

«aghast» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Shocked and horrified, struck dumb by surprise or fear** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no forms)

### meaning for a pupil

Shocked and horrified, struck dumb by surprise or fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Isaiah describes the terror of the day when Babylon falls, which tradition reads as God judging a proud empire. In the primary lessons: in tales, a character who is shocked by unexpected words or deeds

### examples

- And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. (Prophets ISA.13.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/#x1)
- The youth stood aghast at the king's words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/#x2)
- "She won't!" Nibs exclaimed, aghast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/#x3)
- We were aghast to see the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aghast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.