ghastly

ghast·ly  (gstl)

adj. ghast·li·er, ghast·li·est

1. Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying: a ghastly murder.

2. Suggestive of or resembling ghosts.

3. Extremely unpleasant or bad: "in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book" Conor Cruise O'Brien.

4. Very serious or great: a ghastly error.

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[Alteration (influenced by ghost) of Middle English gastli, from gasten, to terrify; see aghast.]

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ghastli·ness n.

ghastly adv.

Synonyms: ghastly, grim, gruesome, grisly, macabre, lurid
These adjectives describe what is shockingly repellent in aspect or appearance. Ghastly applies to what inspires shock or horror because it suggests death: ghastly wounds.
Grim refers to what repels because of its stern or fierce aspect or its harsh, relentless nature: the grim task of burying the victims of the earthquake.
Gruesome and grisly describe what horrifies or revolts because of its appalling crudity or utter inhumanity: a gruesome murder; grisly jokes about cadavers.
Macabre suggests the horror of death and decay: macabre stories about a madman.
Lurid sometimes refers to an unnatural hue suggestive of death: The ill patient's skin took on a lurid pallor.
More often, the term describes what shocks because of its terrible and ghastly nature: lurid crimes.
At other times, it merely refers to glaring and usually unsavory sensationalism: a lurid account of the accident.

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ghastly

Adjective

[-lier, -liest]

1. Informal very unpleasant

2. deathly pale

3. horrible: a ghastly accident [Old English gāstlīc spiritual]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ghastly - 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" grisly, gruesome, macabre, grim, sick alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	2.	ghastly - 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" charnel, sepulchral offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

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ghastly

adjective horrible, shocking, terrible, awful, grim, dreadful, horrendous, hideous, from hell (informal) horrid (informal) repulsive, frightful, loathsome, godawful (slang) << OPPOSITE lovely

Translations

ghastly [ˈgɑːstlɪ] adj → horrible (= pale); pálido

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ghastly [ˈgɑːstlɪ] adj → atroce, horrible (= pale); livide, blême

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ghastly [ˈgɑːstlɪ] adj → grässlich;

(complexion) → totenblass;

you look ghastly! (ill) → du siehst grässlich aus!

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ghastly [ˈgɑːstlɪ] adj → orribile, orrendo/a