'Ghastly' definitions:
Definition of 'ghastly'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]
adjective
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" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
Definition of 'Ghastly'
From: GCIDE
- Ghastly \Ghast"ly\, a. [Compar. Ghastlier; superl. Ghastliest.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g[ae]stan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.]
- 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. [1913 Webster]
- Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. [1913 Webster]
- Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ghastly'
From: GCIDE
- Ghastly \Ghast"ly\, adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously. [1913 Webster]
- Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ghastly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic,
- achromic,
- ailing,
- anemic,
- appalling,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- astounding,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- bad,
- bled white,
- bloodless,
- blue,
- cadaverous,
- charnel,
- chloranemic,
- colorless,
- corpselike,
- dead,
- deadly,
- deadly pale,
- deathlike,
- deathly,
- deathly pale,
- dim,
- dimmed,
- dingy,
- dire,
- direful,
- discolored,
- disgusting,
- drawn,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- dull,
- eerie,
- etiolated,
- exsanguinated,
- exsanguine,
- exsanguineous,
- faded,
- faint,
- fallow,
- fell,
- flat,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- foul,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- ghostlike,
- ghostly,
- ghoulish,
- gray,
- grim,
- grisly,
- gross,
- gruesome,
- haggard,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- hueless,
- hypochromic,
- ill,
- lackluster,
- leaden,
- livid,
- loathsome,
- lurid,
- lusterless,
- macabre,
- mat,
- mealy,
- morbid,
- mortuary,
- muddy,
- nauseant,
- nauseating,
- neutral,
- offensive,
- pale,
- pale as death,
- pale-faced,
- pallid,
- pasty,
- redoubtable,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- sallow,
- scary,
- schrecklich,
- sepulchral,
- shadowy,
- shocking,
- sick,
- sickening,
- sickly,
- spectral,
- tallow-faced,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- terrifying,
- toneless,
- tremendous,
- ugly,
- uncanny,
- uncolored,
- unearthly,
- wan,
- ward,
- washed-out,
- waxen,
- weak,
- weird,
- whey-faced,
- white