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English Dictionary: ghastly	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ghastly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ghastly adj shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" Synonym(s): ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" Synonym(s): charnel, ghastly, sepulchral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ghastly \Ghast"ly\, adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ghastly \Ghast"ly\, a. [Compar. {Ghastlier}; superl. {Ghastliest}.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g[91]stan. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gast}, {Gaze}, {Ghostly}.] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. --Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. --Macaulay. 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. --Milton.