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agast

agast is the obsolete spelling of aghast.

Meaning of aghast

Adjective

aghast (comparative more aghast, superlative most aghast)

  1. Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
    • I was aghast when the incident unfolded in front of me.

Words formed from agast

Questions about agast

What is agast the obsolete spelling of?
Agast is the obsolete spelling of aghast.

Words near agast in the dictionary

  1. Agassaim
  2. agassi
  3. Agassis
  4. Agassiz
  5. Agassiz's anole
  6. agast
  7. agastache
  8. agastaches
  9. agastment
  10. agastopia
  11. agastric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agast (page history and authors); aghast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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