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1. (adj.) ghastly
shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible:
a ghastly murder.
2. ghastly
resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale; cadaverous.
3. ghastly
terrible; very bad:
a ghastly error.
4. (adv.) ghastly
in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly.
5. ghastly
with a deathlike quality.
Etymology: (1275–1325)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
2. (adj) charnel, ghastly, sepulchral
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
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1. (adjective) ghastly
shocking and horrible
a ghastly discovery in the cellar
2. ghastly
terrible, extremely bad
a ghastly cold
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) ghastly
in a ghastly manner; hideously
2. ghastly
like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal
3. ghastly
horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous
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Sense: very bad, ugly etc
a ghastly mistake.
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 Afrikaans: afgryslike |
 Arabic: فاضِح |
 Bulgarian: противен |
 Brazilian: horrível |
 Czech: hrozný, strašný |
 German: haarsträubend |
 Danish: forfærdelig |
 Greek: φοβερός, απαίσιος |
 Spanish: horrible, espantoso |
 Estonian: hirmus |
 Farsi: فاحش؛ خیلی بد |
 Finnish: kauhea |
 French: affreux |
 Hebrew: מחריד |
 Hindi: खराब |
 Croatian: strašan |
 Hungarian: rettenetes |
 Indonesian: buruk |
 Icelandic: hræðilegur; ljótur |
 Italian: orribile, spaventoso |
 Japanese: ひどい |
 Korean: 지독한 |
 Lithuanian: baisus |
 Latvian: briesmīgs |
 Malay: dahsyat |
 Dutch: vreselijk |
 Norwegian: fryktelig, grufull, uhygg |
 Polish: paskudny |
 Persian: فاحش؛ خیلی بد |
 Pashto: ويروونكى، ټكان وركوونكى: |
 Portuguese: horrível |
 Romanian: groaznic |
 Russian: ужасный |
 Slovak: strašný |
 Slovenian: grozen |
 Serbian: strašan |
 Swedish: hemsk, förskräcklig |
 Thai: น่าเกลียด |
 Turkish: korkunç, kötü |
 Taiwanese: 很糟的 |
 Ukrainian: жахливий |
 Urdu: قبیح، بہت برا |
 Vietnamese: rất xấu |
 Chinese: 极坏的 |
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