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# aghast

«aghast» in Mova's school 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/school/A/aghast/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a character who is shocked by unexpected words or deeds

### examples

- The youth stood aghast at the king's words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aghast/#x1)
- "She won't!" Nibs exclaimed, aghast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aghast/#x2)
- We were aghast to see the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aghast/#x3)

### 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/school/A/aghast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.