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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

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