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- Dictionaryghastly/ˈɡɑːs(t)li/
adjective
- 1. causing great horror or fear: "one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed" Similar Opposite
- 2. extremely unwell: "she had sobered up but she felt ghastly" Similar Opposite
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GHASTLY definition: 1. unpleasant and shocking: 2. extremely bad or ugly: 3. If someone looks ghastly, they look very…. Learn more.
1. a. : terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening. a ghastly crime. b. : intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable. such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility Aldous Huxley. 2. : resembling a ghost. 3. obsolete : filled with fear. 4. : very great. a ghastly mistake. ghastliness noun. ghastly adverb. Synonyms.
Ghastly definition: shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible. See examples of GHASTLY used in a sentence.
Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant — so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke.
1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying: a ghastly murder. 2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid. 3. Extremely unpleasant or bad: "in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book" (Conor Cruise O'Brien). [Alteration (influenced by ghost) of Middle English gastli, from gasten, to terrify; see aghast .] ghast′li·ness n.
(informal) (of an experience or a situation) very bad; unpleasant synonym terrible. The weather was ghastly. It's all been a ghastly mistake. When she mentioned redundancies, for one ghastly moment, I thought she meant me. (informal) (of a person or thing) that you find unpleasant and dislike very much synonym horrible. her ghastly husband.
adjective. uk / ˈɡɑːstli / us. Add to word list. very bad or unpleasant: a ghastly mistake. a ghastly man. (Definition of ghastly from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of ghastly. in Chinese (Traditional) 可怕的, 令人震驚的, 極壞的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 可怕的, 令人震惊的, 极坏的… See more. in Spanish.
If you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant or shocking. [informal] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'ghastly' American English: gæstli British English: gɑːstli , gæstli. More. Synonyms of 'ghastly' • horrible, shocking (informal), terrible (informal) [...] • gruesome, shocking, terrible [...]
adjective. If you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant. [informal] ...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child. It was the worst week of my life. It was ghastly. ...a particularly ghastly murder. Synonyms: gruesome, shocking, terrible, terrifying More Synonyms of ghastly.
Jun 27, 2024 · ghastly ( comparative ghastlier, superlative ghastliest) Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal . Horrifyingly shocking . Extremely bad . The play was simply ghastly.
