Agape
adjective
When a person's mouth is wide open, especially in surprise.
She stared at him, mouth agape, unable to respond.
Often appears as...
- mouth agape
- stood agape
adjective
Showing unselfish love for others.
The pastor spoke about the importance of an agape love towards all people.
Often appears as...
- agape love
- agape community
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Religious
adjective
When a person's mouth is wide open, especially in surprise.
She stared at him, mouth agape, unable to respond.
Often appears as...
- mouth agape
- stood agape
adjective
Showing unselfish love for others.
The pastor spoke about the importance of an agape love towards all people.
Often appears as...
- agape love
- agape community
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Religious
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Expression of Shock
Indicates a strong, often unexpected emotional reaction, typically shock or astonishment.
The crowd stood agape as the magician vanished.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Image
Helps to create a vivid picture of someone's reaction, emphasizing the openness of the mouth.
At the announcement, her mouth fell agape.
Pro Tip 3/3Momentary Pause
Suggests a brief moment where someone is so surprised that they stop speaking or moving.
He was agape, speechless at the news.
Pro Tip 1/3Expression of Shock
Indicates a strong, often unexpected emotional reaction, typically shock or astonishment.
The crowd stood agape as the magician vanished.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Image
Helps to create a vivid picture of someone's reaction, emphasizing the openness of the mouth.
At the announcement, her mouth fell agape.
Pro Tip 3/3Momentary Pause
Suggests a brief moment where someone is so surprised that they stop speaking or moving.
He was agape, speechless at the news.
Pro Tip 1/3Expression of Shock
Indicates a strong, often unexpected emotional reaction, typically shock or astonishment.
The crowd stood agape as the magician vanished.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Image
Helps to create a vivid picture of someone's reaction, emphasizing the openness of the mouth.
At the announcement, her mouth fell agape.
Pro Tip 3/3Momentary Pause
Suggests a brief moment where someone is so surprised that they stop speaking or moving.
He was agape, speechless at the news.
Compare with
amazeastonishbewilderdumbfoundflabbergastspeechlesssurprise, surpriseunprepared
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What is your entrepreneur...
they have three underlying elements first purpose and passion in the case of Jareau a singular unwavering commitment towards that pursuit of perfection in sushi that calling allows for the concept of agape what the greeks called
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
Medea she was, next time I saw her. Sorceress, tranced, ecstatic, stock-still on the sidewalk ragged coat hanging agape, passersby flowing around her,
Video examples
What is your entrepreneur...
they have three underlying elements first purpose and passion in the case of Jareau a singular unwavering commitment towards that pursuit of perfection in sushi that calling allows for the concept of agape what the greeks called
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
Medea she was, next time I saw her. Sorceress, tranced, ecstatic, stock-still on the sidewalk ragged coat hanging agape, passersby flowing around her,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
David Chase
American Writer
Your father tells you a story when you're a kid, or your mother or your uncle or whoever it is. You sit there with your mouth open, and your mind goes to all these places they're telling you about that you've never seen, and you're agape. You just can't believe that things can happen like that - but it's just so direct.
Quote examples
George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him.
Quote examples
Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
When people spot Fallon in public, they do not shriek or drool or go wobbly in the knees. It's a different look entirely. A tilt of the head, mouth agape, eyebrows rolled like you do when you see a puppy.
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Roger Rees
Welsh Actor
They said my voice was terrible, nervous, and spotty and that I must go away and learn how to use it properly. I must admit I was rather agape, since I had never thought about making my voice better.
Quote examples
Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.
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Laurie David
American Activist
Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.
Quote examples
Alveda King
American Clergyman
I pray that all polar opposites learn to agape love, live, and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools.
Quote examples
David Chase
American Writer
Your father tells you a story when you're a kid, or your mother or your uncle or whoever it is. You sit there with your mouth open, and your mind goes to all these places they're telling you about that you've never seen, and you're agape. You just can't believe that things can happen like that - but it's just so direct.
Quote examples
George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him.
Quote examples
Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
When people spot Fallon in public, they do not shriek or drool or go wobbly in the knees. It's a different look entirely. A tilt of the head, mouth agape, eyebrows rolled like you do when you see a puppy.
Quote examples
Roger Rees
Welsh Actor
They said my voice was terrible, nervous, and spotty and that I must go away and learn how to use it properly. I must admit I was rather agape, since I had never thought about making my voice better.
Quote examples
Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.
Quote examples
Laurie David
American Activist
Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.
Quote examples
Alveda King
American Clergyman
I pray that all polar opposites learn to agape love, live, and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools.
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