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  1. 1. superl. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Source: opted
  3. 3. adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. In a ghastly manner; hideously.Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 s. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror Source: ecdict

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