ghastlyadjective
uk/ˈɡɑːst.li/us/ˈɡæst.li/unpleasant and shocking:
Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.
UK informal extremely bad:
What ghastly weather!
It was all a ghastly mistake.
I thought her outfit was ghastly.
If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face:
You look ghastly - are you okay?
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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ghastliness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɡɑːst.li.nəs/us/ˈɡæst.li.nəs/