Antonyms for ghastly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gast-lee, gahst-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæst li, ˈgɑst-

Definition of ghastly

Origin : c.1300, gastlich, from gast (adj.), past participle of gasten "to frighten," from Old English gæstan "to torment, frighten" (see ghost) + -lich "-ly." Spelling with gh- developed 16c. from confusion with ghost. As an adverb, from 1580s. Related: Ghastliness.

adj horrifying, dreadful; pale

Example sentences :

The pain in the marshal's face became a ghastly thing to see.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

It is a ghastly business, quite beyond words, this schooling.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

Her face was ghastly, save for the trace of rouge; her eyes were red-rimmed.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

These blunders culminated in a ghastly mistake on the field.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

It was such a pitiful, ghastly bluff—for the cards were all against him, and he knew it.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

She was too terrified to add her weeping to the wail of the wind—it would have been too ghastly.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

In my opinion they are a ghastly nuisance; also an element of danger.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

"I am stifling," said the dying man, rolling round his ghastly eyes.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Rosa hid herself this time also, but only that she might not see the ghastly spectacle.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

They formed a ghastly sight when they were pitted in what proved to be the final clash.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Synonyms for ghastly

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