ghastadj.
/ɡɑːst//ɡast/ archaic or poetic.
= ghastly adj.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective]
atelOE
grislya1150
atelichc1175
grisfula1300
ugly13..
hideous1303
horrible1303
ghastlyc1305
stout1338
horrendc1420
ugsomec1425
grisilc1440
execrable1490
uggle1499
horrious?1520
uglisome1530
ugglesome1561
gruesome1570
grisy1590
gashfulc1600
horrid1602
ghast1622
gashly1627
horrific1653
horrendous1661
horrorous1756
horrifying1791
horrorish1847
grauly1848
1622 L. Andrewes Serm. (1631) vi. 233 The looke of a wilde-beast..grimme and ghast.
1807 Ld. Byron Elegy Newstead Abbey xxi There many a pale and ruthless robber's corse, Noisome and ghast, defiles thy sacred sod.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 47 How doth the wide and melancholy earth Gather her hills around us, grey and ghast.
1866 S. Bamford Wild Rider in Harland Lanc. Lyrics 15 Fearfully ghast was the light which it threw.
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adj.1622- put a dent in
- put a dog on the scent
- put a double on
- put a etc though the mincer
- pump-fake
- pump-foot
- pump-gear
- pump-gunner
- pump-handle
- pump-handler
- pump-holder
- pump-hood
- pump-kettle
- pump-lift
- pump-like
- pump-machinery
- pump-maker
- pump-out
- pump-piston
- pump-prime
- pump-primed
- pump-primer
- pump-priming
- pump-priming activity
- pump-priming cash