dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/agh_MW.json
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{
"Aghan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a month of the Hindu year":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8g\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sanskrit Agrah\u0101ya\u1e47a":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034023"
},
"Aghlabite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of an Arab dynasty ruling at Kairouan, northern Africa, a.d. 800\u2013909":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Ibr\u0101h\u012bm ibn- al- Aghlab (Ibrahim I) \u2020 a.d. 812 African sultan, founder of the dynasty + English -ite or -id":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"a-\u02c8gla-",
"\u02c8a-gl\u0259-\u02ccb\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061054",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agha":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of agha variant spelling of aga"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-061040",
"type":[]
},
"aghast":{
"antonyms":[
"fearless",
"unafraid"
],
"definitions":{
": struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset":[
"was aghast when she heard the news"
]
},
"examples":[
"The news left her aghast .",
"Critics were aghast to see how awful the play was.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine two months ago, Western observers were aghast at what appeared to be a resurgence of Russian expansionism (often dubbed revanchism). \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The world has been aghast at images being streamed by the connected and sophisticated people of Shanghai: people leaping from high-rises to their deaths in order to escape the lockdown. \u2014 Anne Stevenson-yang, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Enlarge / Purists may be aghast , but the commercial reality is that Lotus needs a volume-seller, and that means an SUV. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Many Democrats and mainstream Republicans are aghast , fearful that far-right activists are preparing to reorder Northern California and other rural parts of the state. \u2014 Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"On the town hall Zoom before word of the decision leaked, some nominees were aghast . \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Some web users were aghast , calling Ryanair inappropriate or insensitive to the real suffering caused by COVID-19. \u2014 Fortune , 14 Dec. 2021",
"But members were aghast to hear what their colleagues were going through and appalled to hear how much the number of threats had increased. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Writing in Politico in January 2016, when most conservatives were still aghast at Trump\u2019s rise, Carlson made the case for Trump, sort of. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 16 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration (with h after ghastly , ghost entry 1 ) of Middle English agast, from past participle of agasten \"to frighten, become frightened,\" from a-, perfective prefix + gasten \"to frighten\" \u2014 more at abide , gast":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8gast"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174047",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}