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ghastliness|ˈgɑːstlɪnɪs, -æ-|
[f. ghastly a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being ghastly.
1591Spenser Daphn. xlvii, Let ghastlinesse And drery horror dim the chearfull light. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iii. 700 Deaths fearfull gastlinesse. 1726Swift Gulliver iii. x, They acquired an additional Ghastliness in proportion to their number of Years. 1842J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 243 A night of shipwreck did strew with ghastliness a lee seashore. |