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ghastly
[
gast
-lee
,
gahst
-
]
Example Sentences
Origin
ghast·ly
/
ˈgæst
li
,
ˈgɑst-
/
Show Spelled
[
gast
-lee
,
gahst
-
]
Show IPA
adjective,
-li·er,
-li·est,
adverb
adjective
1.
shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible:
a ghastly murder.
2.
resembling a ghost, especially in being very pale:
a ghastly look to his face.
3.
terrible; very bad:
a ghastly
error
.
adverb
4.
Also,
ghast·li·ly,
ghast·i·ly.
in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly.
5.
with a deathlike quality.
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Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
gastly;
see
ghast
,
-ly
Related forms
ghast·li·ness,
noun
Synonyms
2.
deathlike, pallid, cadaverous.
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Example Sentences
His sumptuous film is as strange and mesmerizing as it is imaginatively
ghastly
.
Not surprisingly, the scenarios range from
ghastly
to extremely
ghastly
.
The news goes from bad to
ghastly
.
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Adjective
His sumptuous film is as strange and mesmerizing as it is imaginatively
ghastly
.
Not surprisingly, the scenarios range from
ghastly
to extremely
ghastly
.
My first book had a
ghastly
cover.
One day this
ghastly
regime will meet its match.
It was a monumental failure and a
ghastly
betrayal.
We can confront it only as a bleak and
ghastly
fact.
Capitalism, he insists, can be just as
ghastly
as fascism or communism.
Sheets of
ghastly
reds and greens, like chemical spills, play over the stage.
Adverb
The news goes from bad to
ghastly
.
Were these weapons used the results would be
ghastly
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
ghastly
(ˈɡɑːstlɪ)
—
adj
,
-lier
,
-liest
1.
informal
very bad or unpleasant
2.
deathly pale; wan
3.
informal
extremely unwell; ill:
they felt ghastly after the party
4.
terrifying; horrible
—
adv
5.
unhealthily; sickly:
ghastly pale
6.
archaic
in a horrible or hideous manner
[Old English
gāstlīc
spiritual; see
ghostly
]
'ghastliness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
ghastly
c.1300, from O.E. gæstan "to torment, frighten" + -lich "-ly." Spelling with gh- developed 16c. from confusion with ghost.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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