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ghastly

ghast·ly

ghastly

 
pronunciation:
gaest li
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
inflections: ghastlier, ghastliest
definition 1: inducing fear; terrifying.
He was thankful for waking up from his ghastly nightmare.She turned pale at hearing the ghastly story he told her about what happened in the war.
synonyms:
awesome, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, grisly, gruesome, horrible, spectral, terrible, terrifying
similar words:
dread, gory, macabre, tremendous
definition 2: having a deathlike color or appearance; pale.
synonyms:
ashen, cadaverous, drawn, ghostly, pale, pallid, pasty, spectral, wan
antonyms:
healthy, ruddy
similar words:
haggard, white
definition 3: exceptionally bad; worthless.
a ghastly novel
synonyms:
awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, worthless
antonyms:
excellent
similar words:
bad, horrid, inferior
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derivation: ghastliness (n.)
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