Aghast
Aghast ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
See Agast, transitive verb [Obsolete]
Aghast ({not transcribed}) , adjective and past participle
[Old English agast, agasted, past participle of agasten to terrify, from Anglo-Saxon pref. ā- (compare Gothic us-, German er-, orig. meaning out) + gastan to terrify, torment: compare Gothic usgaisjan to terrify, primitively to fix, to root to the spot with terror; akin to Latin haerere to stick fast, cling. See Gaze, Hesitate.]
Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed,
Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.
The commissioners read and stood aghast.