Definitions

ghastly

[gast-lee] / ˈgæst li /

ADJECTIVE

horrifying, dreadful; pale

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appalling awful frightening frightful ghostly ghoulish grim grisly gruesome hideous horrendous horrible horrid lurid macabre shocking sickening terrible terrifying unpleasant

WEAK

abhorrent anemic ashen bloodless cadaverous corpselike deathlike dim disgusting faint funereal haggard livid loathsome mortuary nauseating offensive pallid repellent repulsive sepulchral spectral supernatural uncanny unearthly unnatural wan weak wraithlike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beautiful comforting delightful good great nice pleasant pleasing pretty wonderful

Example Sentences

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Ghastly new-age portraits of a bald person, or maybe a bald extraterrestrial.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

Ghastly humor coated in serrated-edged commentary on corrosive power creeps in through Jordan’s yearnings for a world before online accountability.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Ghastly narratives and strategic buzzwords such as “chaos” appear like clockwork.

From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2018

"A picaresque entitled The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish, made before the foundation of Nea So Copros in a long deadlanded province of the abortive European democracy".

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

It is the Ghastly Griffin, and is enchanted.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

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