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View usage for: (gɑːstli, gæstli) adjectiveIf you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant. [informal] ...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child. It was the worst week of my life. It was ghastly. ...a particularly ghastly murder. Synonyms: gruesome, shocking, terrible, terrifying More Synonyms of ghastly More Synonyms of ghastly ghastly in British English (ˈɡɑːstlɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -lier or -liest1. informal very bad or unpleasant 3. informal extremely unwell; ill they felt ghastly after the party adverb5. unhealthily; sickly ghastly pale 6. archaic in a horrible or hideous manner Derived forms ghastliness (ˈghastliness) noun Word origin Old English gāstlīc spiritual; see ghostlyghastly in American English (ˈgæstli; ˈgɑstli) adjectiveWord forms: ˈghastlier or ˈghastliest2. ghostlike; pale; haggard 3. Informal very bad or unpleasant Derived forms ghastliness (ˈghastliness) noun Word origin ME gastli < gast, frightened, pp. of gasten, to frighten < OE gæstan < gæst, var. of gast (see ghost): meaning infl. in ME by gostlich, ghostly Examples of 'ghastly' in a sentenceghastly In other languagesghastly British English: ghastly ADJECTIVE If you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant. ...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child. - American English: ghastly
- Brazilian Portuguese: horripilante
- Chinese: 令人讨厌的
- European Spanish: horrible
- French: horrible
- German: grässlich
- Italian: orribile
- Japanese: ぞっとする
- Korean: 끔찍한
- European Portuguese: horripilante
- Latin American Spanish: horrible
Chinese translation of 'ghastly' adj - [person, behaviour]
糟透的 (zāotòu de) - [event, crime]
可怕的 (kěpà de)
Definition very unpleasant This wallpaper is absolutely ghastly. Synonyms grim horrendous from hell (informal) horrid (informal) godawful (slang) Opposites pleasing , appealing , beautiful , healthy , attractive , lovely , charming , blooming Definition horrible a particularly ghastly murder Synonyms terrifying horrifying repulsive loathsome Definition deathly pale She looked ghastly - frail, thin and colourless. Synonyms washed-out livid like death warmed up deathlike deathly pale Additional synonymsDefinition pale and sickly-looking Losing a lot of blood makes you tired and anaemic. Synonyms pale, weak, dull, frail, feeble, wan, sickly, bloodless, colourless, infirm, pallid, ashen, characterless, enervated, like death warmed up (informal) Definition pale with shock He fell back, shocked, his face ashen. Synonyms pale, white, grey, wan, livid, pasty, leaden, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) an awful smell of paint Synonyms disgusting, terrible, tremendous, offensive, gross, nasty, foul, horrible, dreadful, unpleasant, revolting, stinking (informal), sickening, hideous, vulgar, vile, distasteful, horrid (informal), frightful, nauseating, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abominable, nauseous, detestable, godawful (slang), hellacious (US, slang), festy (Australian, slang), yucko (Australian, slang) - get-up-and-go
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Additional synonymsDefinition causing fear Thousands suffered terrible injuries in the disaster. Synonyms awful, shocking (informal), appalling, terrifying, horrible, dreadful, horrifying, dread (literary), dreaded, fearful (informal), horrendous, monstrous, harrowing, gruesome, horrid (informal), unspeakable, frightful, hellacious (US, slang) Definition very pale, as a result of illness or unhappiness He looked wan and tired. Synonyms pale, white, washed out, pasty, faded, bleached, ghastly, sickly, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, discoloured, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced Definition pale, because of illness, fear, shock, or another emotion He turned white and began to stammer. Synonyms pale, grey, ghastly, wan, pasty, bloodless, pallid, ashen, waxen, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced |