Meaning of ghastly in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈɡæs(t)li/

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1. 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. 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