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Synonyms for ghastly
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : gast-lee, gahst- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæst li, ˈgɑst- |
Top 10 synonyms for ghastly Other synonyms for the word ghastly
- abhorrent
- anemic
- ashen
- bloodless
- cadaverous
- corpselike
- deathlike
- dim
- disgusting
- faint
- funereal
- haggard
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- livid
- loathsome
- lurid
- macabre
- mortuary
- nauseating
- offensive
- pallid
- repellent
- repulsive
- sepulchral
- shocking
- sickening
- spectral
- supernatural
- terrible
- terrifying
- uncanny
- unearthly
- unnatural
- unpleasant
- wan
- weak
- wraithlike
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ghastly
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