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Detailed Synonyms for ghastly in English

ghastly:

ghastly adj

  1. ghastly
    scary
    – provoking fear terror 1
    • scary adj
      • a scary movie1
  2. ghastly
  3. ghastly
  4. ghastly
    – shockingly repellent; inspiring horror 1
    sick; grim; ghastly; gruesome; macabre; grisly
    – shockingly repellent; inspiring horror 1
    • sick adj
    • grim adj
      • the grim aftermath of the bombing1
      • the grim task of burying the victims1
    • ghastly adj
      • ghastly wounds1
    • gruesome adj
      • gruesome evidence of human sacrifice1
    • macabre adj
      • macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages1
      • macabre tortures conceived by madmen1
    • grisly adj
      • a grisly murder1
  5. ghastly
    – gruesomely indicative of death or the dead 1
    ghastly; charnel; sepulchral
    – gruesomely indicative of death or the dead 1
    • ghastly adj
      • ghastly shrieks1
    • charnel adj
      • a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones1
    • sepulchral adj
      • the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs1

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Related Definitions for "ghastly":

  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror1
    • ghastly wounds1
  2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead1
    • ghastly shrieks1