ghastly

ghastly

dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder; deathlike, pallid, cadaverous

Not to be confused with:

ghostly – characteristic of a ghost; phantasmal; spectral; wraithlike; unearthly: a ghostly silence

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ghast·ly

 (găst′lē)

adj. ghast·li·er, ghast·li·est

1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying: a ghastly murder.

2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.

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

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

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ghast′li·ness n.

ghast′ly adv.

Synonyms: ghastly, gruesome, grisly, grim, macabre
These adjectives describe what is shockingly repellent in aspect or appearance. Ghastly suggests the shock or horror inspired by violent death or bodily harm: the ghastly toll of trench warfare; a ghastly disfiguring disease. Gruesome and grisly often describe what horrifies or revolts because of its graphic nature: a gruesome murder scene; read about the grisly details of the accident. Grim refers to what repels because of its harsh or unnerving nature: the grim task of burying the earthquake victims. Macabre can suggest the fascination as well as the horror of unnatural death and is often used of artistic works: a murder mystery with a macabre twist at the end.

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ghastly

(ˈɡɑːstlɪ)

adj, -lier or -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

5. unhealthily; sickly: ghastly pale.

6. archaic in a horrible or hideous manner

[Old English gāstlīc spiritual; see ghostly]

ˈghastliness n

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ghast•ly

(ˈgæst li, ˈgɑst-)

adj. -li•er, -li•est,
adv. adj.

1. shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.

2. resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale; cadaverous.

3. terrible; very bad: a ghastly error.

adv.

4. in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly.

5. with a deathlike quality.

[1275–1325]

ghast′li•ness, n.

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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.

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ghastly

adjective

1. Shockingly repellent:

grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, lurid, macabre.

2. Causing or able to cause fear:

appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous.

3. Gruesomely suggestive of ghosts or death:

cadaverous, deadly, deathlike, deathly, ghostlike, ghostly, spectral.

4. Very bad:

appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, horrendous, horrible, shocking, terrible.

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Translations

شاحِب، مريض، مُضْطَربفاضِحفَظيع، مُريع

hroznýpříšernýstrašně zlestrašný

forfærdeliggrufuldrædselsfuld

entsetzlichgrässlichhaarsträubend

abjectabominableaffreusementaffreuxdétestable

pocsékul

hræîilegahræîilegur, skelfilegurhræîilegur; ljótur

abominevoleorrendo

baisiai blogasbjaurumas

briesmīgsdrausmīgslīķbālsšausmīgs

strašne zle

grozljiv

berbatçok fenakorkunçkötü

不愉快的可怕的极坏的病恹恹的

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

(ˈgaːstli) adjective

1. very bad, ugly etc. a ghastly mistake. afgryslike فاضِح противен horrível hrozný, strašný haarsträubend forfærdelig φοβερός, απαίσιοςhorrible, espantoso hirmus فاحش؛ خیلی بد kauhea affreux מחריד खराब strašan rettenetes buruk hræðilegur; ljótur orribile, spaventoso ひどい 지독한 baisus briesmīgs dahsyat vreselijkfryktelig, grufull, uhyggeligpaskudny ويروونكى، ټكان وركوونكى: پيكه 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 horrível příšerný, strašný gräßlich grufuld φρικτόςhorrible, espantoso, terrible õudne وحشتناک kauhistuttava horribleנורא 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, uhyggeligstraszny روونكى، بيروونكى، ډاروونكى 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 horrível strašně zle entsetzlich rædselsfuld; forfærdelig άρρωστος, αναστατωμένοςfatal 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, frykteligokropny, podły ناروغ horrível bol­nav ужасный strašne zle grozno loše gräslig แย่ berbat, çok fena 病懨懨的，不愉快的 смертельний مریض bối rối 病恹恹的，不愉快的

ˈghastliness noun

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

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