ghastly

[ghast·ly]

Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke.

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Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.

Adjective S.
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"; "macabr

Adjective S.
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"


superl.
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.

superl.
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.

adv.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.


Ghastly

Ghast"ly , a. [Compar. Ghastlier ; superl. Ghastliest.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g'91stan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.

Ghastly

Ghast"ly, adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.

Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.

In a ghastly manner; hideously.

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Usage Examples

If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I think marriage is ghastly.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

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