Ghastly
[gɑːs(t)lɪ] or [ˈɡæstli]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Checked by Leroy--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
(superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
(adv.) In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Checker: Wilmer
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Pale, wan, cadaverous, death-like.[2]. Dismal, hideous, grim, horrible, frightful, shocking.
Typed by Freddie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deathlike, {[-wan]?}, grim, cadaverous, spectral, pallid, hideous, shocking
ANT:Blooming, fresh, comely, seemly, buxom, ruddy
Typist: Nola
Examples
- Bradley looked down with a ghastly relish. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She had put on a dress of stiff old greenish brocade, that fitted tight and made her look tall and rather terrible, ghastly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a ghastly party--no one else but poor Neddy Silverton, who looks like a galley-slave (they used to talk of my making that poor boy unhappy! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The old man was ghastly pale. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- O, that is ghastly! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was a ghastly figure to look upon. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is a mere stump--a ghastly sight! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The image of Clerval was for ever before me, ghastly and murdered. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Our visitor collapsed into a chair, with a ghastly face and a glitter of moisture on his brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The shadows of things assumed strange and ghastly shapes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Oh, my dear girl, don't make a fuss now, I feel perfectly--Oh, it's so ghastly--Ho! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The face of the child changes from its normal healthy hue to a brilliant red and then to ghastly shades. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The ghastly, treeless, grassless, breathless canons smothered us as if we had been in an oven. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Nothing was astir there but the smell of coffee, wine, tobacco, and syrups; and madame's little counter looked ghastly enough. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This pretence, much favoured by the lady-visitors, led to the ghastliest absurdities. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Maureen