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 [ˈgɑːstlɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. Informal very bad or unpleasant

2. deathly pale; wan

3. Informal extremely unwell; ill they felt ghastly after the party

4. terrifying; horrible

adv

1. unhealthily; sickly ghastly pale

2. Archaic in a horrible or hideous manner

[Old English gāstlīc spiritual; see ghostly]

ghastliness  n

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

1. horrible, shocking, terrible, awful, grim, dreadful, horrendous, hideous, from hell (informal), horrid (informal), repulsive, frightful, loathsome, godawful (slang) This wallpaper is absolutely ghastly.
horrible pleasing, appealing, beautiful, healthy, attractive, lovely, charming, blooming

2. gruesome, shocking, terrible, terrifying, horrible, grim, horrifying, horrific, fearful, horrendous, hideous, grisly, repellent, repulsive, loathsome a particularly ghastly murder

3. pale, white, washed-out, wan, livid, pasty, pallid, anaemic, ashen, sallow, cadaverous, like death warmed up, deathlike, deathly pale She looked ghastly - frail, thin and colourless.

Translations

ghastly [ˈgɑːstlɪ] ADJ (ghastlier (compar) (ghastliest (superl)))

1. (= very bad) [person] → inaguantable; [dress, wallpaper] → horrible; [situation, experience] → espantoso, horrendo; [mistake] → funesto
how ghastly! → ¡qué horror!
it must be ghastly for her → debe ser horrible para ella

2. (= horrible) → horroroso

3. (= pale) → pálido, cadavérico

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ghastly [ˈgɑːstli ˈgæstli] adj

[people] → horrible

[building, weather, food] → horrible

[war, murder] → atroce

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ghastly

adj (+er)

(inf: = dreadful) person → grässlich (inf); object → scheußlich (inf); situation, experience, mistake → schrecklich, furchtbar; pain → entsetzlich; to look ghastly → entsetzlich aussehen; I feel ghastly → mir gehts scheußlich (inf)

(= frightening, spectral) pallor → gespenstisch; (= grim, gruesome) accident, injuries, war, battle, news → schrecklich, entsetzlich; crime, murder → grausig

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ghastly [ˈgɑːstlɪ] adj (horrible) → atroce, spaventoso/a; (pale) → spettrale (fam) (very bad, mistake, experience) → pauroso/a
we had a ghastly time last night → è stata una serata orribile ieri sera

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ghastly

adj ghastly [ˈgaːstli]

1 very bad, ugly etc a ghastly mistake. afgryslike فاضِح противен hrozný, strašný forfærdelig haarsträubend φοβερός, απαίσιος horrible, espantoso hirmus فاحش؛ خیلی بد kauhea affreux מחריד खराब strašan rettenetes buruk hræðilegur; ljótur orribile, spaventoso ひどい 지독한 baisus briesmīgs dahsyat vreselijk fryktelig, grufull, uhyggelig paskudny horrível groaznic ужасный strašný grozen strašan hemsk, förskräcklig น่าเกลียด korkunç, kötü 很糟的 жахливий قبیح، بہت برا rất xấu 极坏的

2 horrible; terrible a ghastly murder; a ghastly experience. aaklige فَظيع، مُريع ужасен příšerný, strašný grufuld gräßlich φρικτός horrible, espantoso, terrible õudne وحشتناک kauhistuttava horrible נורא भयंकर, भयानक, खतरनाक grozan szörnyű mengerikan hræðilegur, skelfilegur orribile, orrendo ぞっとするような 무서운 siaubingas drausmīgs; šausmīgs dahsyat afschuwelijk fryktelig, uhyggelig straszny horrível oribil ужасный príšerný grozljiv jeziv ohygglig, fasansfull น่ากลัวมาก berbat, korkunç 可怕的 страшний بہیانک gây ra sự rùng rợn hoặc khiếp sợ 可怕的

3 ill; upset I felt ghastly when I had flu. aaklig شاحِب، مريض، مُضْطَرب мъртвешки strašně zle rædselsfuld; forfærdelig entsetzlich άρρωστος, αναστατωμένος fatal halvasti بیمار؛ ناراحت kurja horriblement mal נורא खराब bolestan, loš pocsékul menderita hræðilega (lasinn) male ひどく悪い 기분이 매우 나쁜 baisiai blogas (par izskatu) ļoti slikts; līķbāls teruk afschuwelijk fæl, fryktelig okropny, podły horrível bol­nav ужасный strašne zle grozno loše gräslig แย่ berbat, çok fena 病懨懨的，﹐不愉快的 смертельний مریض bối rối 糟透的

n ghastliness

afgryslikheid ذُعْر، خَوْف شديد ужас příšernost forfærdelighed; grufuldhed; rædselsfuldhed schreckliches Aussehen, die Grausigkeit φρίκη horror võikus وحشتناکی؛ سهمگینی kamaluus horreur אימה भयानकता grozota, smrtno bljedilo szörnyűség kengerian hryllingur orrore ものすごさ 끔찍함 bjaurumas šausmīgums; briesmīgums keadaan yang dahsyat afschuwelijkheid grufullhet, uhyggelighet okropieństwo horror oroare ужас príšernosť groza jezivost hemskhet, ohygglighet ความน่ากลัว ความสยดสยอง iğrençlik 可怕 мертвотність ناپسندیدگی tính rùng rợn 可怕