This excerpt describes a scene where the meeting-house windows seem to anticipate a horrifying event, possibly violence or bloodshed, with a spectral, ghostly feeling. It suggests a sense of foreboding and unease about the future events that the windows will witness.
"And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon."
That is "AGHAST"
The suffix of "aghast" is "-ast."
aghast ?? He stood aghast at the sight of the pool of blood. Everyone was aghast at the verdict. His parents were completely aghast at his failure.
'Aghast' is not a verb, so there is no past tense, but you could say something like:She was aghast.
I was aghast at his suggestion of committing a violent robbery.
The prim teacher was justifiably aghast.
(Aghast - filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror.)"People were aghast at the senseless brutality of the crime.""Looking over his living room, he was aghast at the mess made by his dog.""The landlord was aghast at the water bill run up by his new tenant."
Aghast is a word used to describe someone who is filled with shock or horror. A good sentence would be, when the man jumped out from behind the bush she was aghast.
"Aghast" is an adjective. It is used to describe a feeling of shock, horror, or amazement.
Scared to death
She stood aghast as her home for her entire life burned to the ground.