ghastlinessn.
/ˈɡɑːs(t)lɪnᵻs/, /ˈɡas(t)lɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡæstlinᵻs/ The quality or condition of being ghastly.
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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
1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda xlvii Let ghastlinesse And drery horror dim the chearfull light.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 700 Deaths fearfull gastlinesse.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 145 They acquired an additional Ghastliness in proportion to their number of Years.
1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 360 A night of shipwreck did strew with ghastliness a lee sea-shore!
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