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# aghast

adjective (no forms)

«aghast» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aghast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aghast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aghast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aghast.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «aghast» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aghast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aghast» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/aghast.html) on Mova free.