aghastmentn.

Brit.

/əˈɡɑːstm(ə)nt/,

/əˈɡastɪm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈɡæstm(ə)nt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s agastment, 1800s– aghastment.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: agast v., -ment suffix; aghast adj., aghast v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: Originally < agast v. + -ment suffix. In later use < either aghast adj. or aghast v. + -ment suffix.

rare.

In early use: †terror, fright, alarm (obsolete). Later: shock, horror.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm

frighta1325

affrayc1380

fray1398

gloppeninga1400

alarma1460

scare1548

affright1566

affrightment1593

aghastment1594

surprise1609

gastc1686

gliff1732

stew1806

stink1819

feeze1825

startlement1927

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night F ij b This terror and agastment.

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. iii. 116 Whether you understand David himself as a Prophet, taking up the like Agastment to speak in his own Person.

a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) ix. 86 John gave a glance, not so much of suspicion and fearful presentiment, as of awful aghastment.

1971 Daily News (Huntington, Pa.) 27 July 10/2 To the social service partisans, their mere suggestion immediately produces pious wails of horror and aghastment.

1990 R. Price Tongues of Angels iii. 137 He took the part of ‘Blevin’—angrily hunting the truant boys, then finding them with wild aghastment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aghastment
释义	aghastmentn. Brit. /əˈɡɑːstm(ə)nt/, /əˈɡastɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈɡæstm(ə)nt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s agastment, 1800s– aghastment. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: agast v., -ment suffix; aghast adj., aghast v., -ment suffix. Etymology: Originally < agast v. + -ment suffix. In later use < either aghast adj. or aghast v. + -ment suffix. rare. In early use: †terror, fright, alarm (obsolete). Later: shock, horror. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > fright caused by alarm frighta1325 affrayc1380 fray1398 gloppeninga1400 alarma1460 scare1548 affright1566 affrightment1593 aghastment1594 surprise1609 gastc1686 gliff1732 stew1806 stink1819 feeze1825 startlement1927 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night F ij b This terror and agastment. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. iii. 116 Whether you understand David himself as a Prophet, taking up the like Agastment to speak in his own Person. a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) ix. 86 John gave a glance, not so much of suspicion and fearful presentiment, as of awful aghastment. 1971 Daily News (Huntington, Pa.) 27 July 10/2 To the social service partisans, their mere suggestion immediately produces pious wails of horror and aghastment. 1990 R. Price Tongues of Angels iii. 137 He took the part of ‘Blevin’—angrily hunting the truant boys, then finding them with wild aghastment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1594
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