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Ghastly

Ghastly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ghastly? [adj] shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [adj] gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ghastly: alarming \| charnel \| grim \| grisly \| gruesome \| macabre \| offensive \| sepulchral Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ghastly: achromatic \| achromic \| ailing \| anemic \| appalling \| ashen \| ashy \| astounding \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awful \| bad \| bled white \| bloodless \| blue \| cadaverous \| charnel \| chloranemic \| colorless \| corpselike \| dead \| deadly \| deadly pale \| deathlike \| deathly \| deathly pale \| dim \| dimmed \| dingy \| dire \| direful \| discolored \| disgusting \| drawn \| dread \| dreaded \| dreadful \| dull \| eerie \| etiolated \| exsanguinated \| exsanguine \| exsanguineous \| faded \| faint \| fallow \| fell \| flat \| forbidding \| formidable \| foul \| frightening \| frightful \| ghostlike \| ghostly \| ghoulish \| gray \| grim \| grisly \| gross \| gruesome \| haggard \| hideous \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrid \| horrific \| horrifying \| hueless \| hypochromic \| ill \| lackluster \| leaden \| livid \| loathsome \| lurid \| lusterless \| macabre \| mat \| mealy \| morbid \| mortuary \| muddy \| nauseant \| nauseating \| neutral \| offensive \| pale \| pale as death \| pale-faced \| pallid \| pasty \| redoubtable \| repellent \| repelling \| repugnant \| repulsive \| revolting \| sallow \| scary \| schrecklich \| sepulchral \| shadowy \| shocking \| sick \| sickening \| sickly \| spectral \| tallow-faced \| terrible \| terrific \| terrifying \| toneless \| tremendous \| ugly \| uncanny \| uncolored \| unearthly \| wan \| ward \| washed-out \| waxen \| weak \| weird \| whey-faced \| white See Also \| Ghastly In Webster's Dictionary \Ghast"ly\, a. [Compar. {Ghastlier}; superl. {Ghastliest}.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g[ae]stan. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gast}, {Gaze}, {Ghostly}.] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. --Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. --Macaulay. 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. --Milton. \Ghast"ly\, adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. --Shak.

Ghastly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ghastly?

[adj] shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
[adj] gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

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Ghastly In Webster's Dictionary

\Ghast"ly\, a. [Compar. {Ghastlier}; superl.
{Ghastliest}.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear,
fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g[ae]stan. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gast},
{Gaze}, {Ghostly}.]
1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid;
   dismal.

         Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
                                               --Coleridge.

         His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be
         recognized.                           --Macaulay.

2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.

         Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
                                               --Milton.


\Ghast"ly\, adv.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.

      Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. --Shak.

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