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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. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › ghastlyGhastly Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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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.

3. 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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   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.

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

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   If you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant.

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › ghastlyGHASTLY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder. resembling a ghost, especially in being very pale: a ghastly look to his face. Synonyms: cadaverous, pallid, deathlike. terrible; very bad: a ghastly error.

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

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   ghastly. adjective. /ˈɡɑːstli/. /ˈɡæstli/. (comparative ghastlier, superlative ghastliest) (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. Definitions on the go.

8. www.oed.com › dictionary › ghastly_adjghastly, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

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   There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective ghastly, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adverb ghastly. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

10. 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.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGHASTLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    GHASTLY meaning: 1. unpleasant and shocking: 2. extremely bad or ugly: 3. If someone looks ghastly, they look very…. Learn more.