Thesaurus: ghastly

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1. superl. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
2. superl. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
3. adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously.
4. adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
5. adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
6. 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay. 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton. In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.
7. In a ghastly manner; hideously.Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.
8. j:100 s. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror