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   ghastly

   /ˈɡɑːs(t)li/

   adjective

   • 1. causing great horror or fear: "one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed" Similar terriblefrightfulhorriblegrimawfuldirefrighteningterrifyinghorrifyingalarmingdistressingshockingappallingharrowingdreadfulfearfulhideoushorrendousmonstrousunspeakablegruesometragiccalamitousgrievousgrislyseriousseveregravevery badgrievousdreadfulterribleawfulfrightfuldireunforgivableinexcusableindefensiblereprehensibledisgracefulshamefularchaic, humorous:parlousOpposite pleasanttrivialexcusable
   • 2. extremely unwell: "she had sobered up but she felt ghastly" Similar illunwellwashed outpeakysickqueasynauseousnauseatedgreen around the gillsoffoff colourpoorlyinformal:roughlousyrottenterribleawfulhorribledreadfulcrummygrottyropywabbitpeely-wallycrookvulgar slang:crappydated:queerseedyrare:peakedpeakishOpposite fine
   • ▪ deathly white: "a ghastly pallor" Similar palewhitepallidpastypasty-facedwancolourlessanaemicbloodlesswashed outpeakypeakishashenashen-facedashychalkychalk whitegreywhitishwhite-facedwhey-facedwaxenwaxyblancheddrainedpinchedgreensicklysallowas white as a sheetas white as a ghostdeathly palecadaverouscorpse-likeghostlikespectralinformal:like death warmed uppeely-wallyrare:lividetiolatedlymphaticOpposite healthy
   • 3. very objectionable, bad, or unpleasant: informal "the weather was ghastly" Similar unpleasantobjectionableoffensivedisagreeabledistastefuldispleasingunacceptableoff-puttingundesirableobnoxiousnastydisgustingawfulterribledreadfulfrightfulfoulrepulsiverepellentrepugnantrevoltingabhorrentloathsomehatefulodiousdetestablereprehensibledeplorableappallinginsufferableintolerabledespicablecontemptiblebeyond the palevileobsceneunsavouryunpalatablesickeningnauseatingnauseousnoxiousinformal:horriblehorridsick-makingbeastlyarchaic:disgustfulloathlyrare:exceptionablerebarbativeOpposite charming

   Word Origin Middle English: from obsolete gast ‘terrify’, from Old Englishgǣstan, of Germanic origin; related to ghost. The gh spelling is by association with ghost. The sense ‘objectionable’ dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ghastliness noun
   • 2. ghastlily adverb

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGHASTLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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.

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   The meaning of GHASTLY is terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening. How to use ghastly in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ghastly.

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   Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant — so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke. An adjective used to describe that which inspires visions of death and feelings of revulsion, ghastly originated circa 1300. It is very close in meaning to the similarly spelled ghostly.

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   Ghastly means dreadful, horrible, terrible, or shockingly frightful. Ghastly is more common in everyday usage in the U.K. than in the U.S., but it is used in the same ways in both places. It can be applied in a range of serious and not-so-serious ways. Ghastly can also mean resembling a ghost due to being very pale.

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7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGHASTLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionghastly adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   (of an event) very frightening and unpleasant, because it involves pain, death, etc. synonym horrible. a ghastly crime/murder. She woke up in the middle of a ghastly nightmare. Want to learn more?

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   Origin of Ghastly. From a derivation of Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”) with the suffix -lic. Equivalent to ghast / gast + -ly. Spelling with 'gh' developed 16th century from confusion with ghost; cf. also ghostly. From Wiktionary.

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    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.

11. www.thefreedictionary.com › ghastlyGhastly - definition of ghastly by The Free Dictionary

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    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.