aghast
adjective
[ əˈɡɑːst ]
• filled with horror or shock.
• "she winced, aghast at his cruelty"
Similar:
horrified,
appalled,
astounded,
amazed,
dismayed,
thunderstruck,
stunned,
shocked,
shell-shocked,
in shock,
flabbergasted,
staggered,
taken aback,
speechless,
awestruck,
open-mouthed,
wide-eyed,
floored,
gobsmacked,
Origin:
late Middle English: past participle of the obsolete verb agast, gast ‘frighten’, from Old English gǣsten . The spelling with gh (originally Scots) became general by about 1700, probably influenced by ghost; compare with ghastly.
