Both Uses of
aghast
in
Wuthering Heights
- As to his cousin, she wept with all her might, aghast at the mischief she had done: though she said nothing.†
Chpt 23 *
- He, poor man, was perfectly aghast at the spectacle of Catherine seated on the same bench with Hareton Earnshaw, leaning her hand on his shoulder; and confounded at his favourite's endurance of her proximity: it affected him too deeply to allow an observation on the subject that night.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(aghast) shocked with feelings of surprise and dismay (sadness, disappointment, or worry)