Meaning & use
aghast
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filled with horror or shock; struck with amazement.
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She stood aghast at the mess the storm had left behind.
He was aghast when he saw the size of the repair bill.
A note on using this word
Almost always used predicatively, after a linking verb (as in 'she was aghast'), rather than directly before a noun.
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