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单词 ghastful
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ghastfuladj.

/ˈɡɑːstfʊl//ˈɡastfʊl/
Forms: α. Middle English–1700s gastful(l, Middle English–1500s gasteful(l. β. 1500s–1600s ghastfull, 1500s–1800s ghastful.
Etymology: < gast v.1 + -ful suffix.
Obsolete or archaic.
1. Full of fear, timid, scared.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]
affrightedOE
ofdreadOE
afearedOE
offearedlOE
radc1175
frightya1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
afraidc1380
frayeda1400
wrotha1400
afearc1410
ghastful1422
fleyedc1425
afleyeda1500
a flighta1535
effrayed1553
flight-given?1611
hareda1618
frighted1647
affrightened1649
frighteneda1721
scared1725
intimidated1727
frightsome1827
scary1827
funked1831
fearing1837
funked out1859
fearsome1863
chickenshit1940
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective]
arghc885
unboldc897
bletheOE
feyOE
frightfula1325
fearedc1330
fearfulc1374
ferdfula1382
palea1393
ferdya1400
ghastful1422
tremblingc1430
timorousc1450
cremeuse1477
craintive1490
cocklea1500
sheepish?1518
awfula1522
meticulousc1540
timidc1550
sheepa1556
tremebundc1560
timorsomec1600
tremulous1611
pigeon-hearteda1625
affrightful1631
formidolous1656
pavid1656
timidous1658
unsupported1694
tender-nosed1700
scary1773
pippin-hearted1809
kitten-hearted1831
funky1835
misventurous1849
milksoppish1852
tender-footed1854
fearsome1863
scare1885
milksoppy1886
milksopping1888
cotton wool1909
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 221 An hare and a sheppe bene ful gastefull.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xx. 8 Who is a ferdful man and of gastful herte?
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xii. sig. H3v Musidorus had gathered his spirites together, and yet casting a gastfull countenaunce vpon him.
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxi. 137 The..fond Gastful opinions of all the other Dottrels arise out of one of these two rootes.
1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin v. 103 The Prelate saw their Fall with ghastful Eyes.
2. Dreadful, frightful, terrible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective]
eislichc888
eyesfulOE
awfulc1175
smarta1200
ferlya1225
sternc1275
grisea1300
uglya1300
dreadfula1325
fell?c1335
stout1338
perilousc1380
terriblec1400
ghastfulc1449
timorous1455
epouventable1477
bedreadc1485
dreadablec1490
dreadc1540
buggisha1555
dreaded1556
monster-like1561
dire1567
scareful1567
terrifying1577
scary1582
direful1583
affrighting1592
dismal1594
affrightful1603
diral1606
tirable1607
frighting1619
scaring1641
affrighteninga1651
formidolous1656
terrific1667
terrifical1677
atrocious1733
terrorful1789
orful1845
lurid1850
terrorsome1890
turble1893
timorsome1894
like the wrath of God1936
α.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 224 Hou gastful is this place!
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. lxxvi. sig. eeviv/2 He makyth a ruthefull noyse & gastfull [a1398 BL Add. horrible] whan one profryth to fyghte wyth a nother.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 57v His loke is horryble and gastfull.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Avv Those gooddes That..brings Of feare suche gastfull fluddes.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 170 Here will I dwell apart In gastfull groue.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 365 This gastfull dreame..soone awooke him.
1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xii. 43 After many gastfull contortions.
1714 J. Fortescue-Aland Fortescue's Governance of Eng. 4 Gastful..came to signify any thing that look'd frightful.
β. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vii. sig. S4 With a ghastful noise.1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxv. f. 101 They were..subdued vnto ghastfull death.1702 J. Dennis Monument xxix. 24 The joining Squadrons..make one ghastful Charnel of the Field.1891 H. C. Halliday Someone must Suffer III. xi. 196 Goblin shapes..grinning and gibbering in ghastful fashion.
3. = ghastly adj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > inspired by fear
grislyc1320
ghastly1590
ghastful1720
gruesome1869
1720 J. Gay Dione ii. i, in Poems II. 451 What pious care my ghastful lid shall close?

Derivatives

ˈgastfully adv. (also ˈghastfully)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adverb]
grislyc1200
atelichec1275
uglilya1300
hideously1340
horribly1340
grisfullya1382
uglyc1420
gastfullyc1449
ugsomelyc1450
horriferouslyc1626
gashly1628
hideous1667
horrifically1693
ghastily1829
ghastlily1830
gruesomely1893
grizzel1898
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 421 Scripture..seith ful gastfulli thus.
1664 J. Dryden Rival Ladies iv. iii. 46 He looks so Ghastfully, Would I were past him.
1713 A. Pope Narr. Robert Norris 7 He often stares ghastfully.
† †ˈgastfulness n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun]
horribility13..
grisliness1340
gastfulness1398
horribleness1398
grisliheada1400
hidoustyc1420
hidour1422
ugliness1587
ghastliness1591
horridnessa1631
horriditya1641
frightfulness1713
gruesomeness1886
macabrec1920
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xliii. 256 The heere of the hede arysyth and stondeth vppe for some fere and gastfulnesse.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Ll4 A solitarie darkenesse..naturally..breedes a kinde of irksome gastfulnes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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