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Meaning of ghastly in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɡæs(t)li/
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Classifying Adjective
ghastly
Definitions
1.
shockingly repellent
Examples
« 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 »
« macabr »
Synonyms
alarming
2.
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Examples
« a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones »
« ghastly shrieks »
« the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs »
Synonyms
offensive