ghastly
11ghastly — adjective 1 a ghastly situation, person, experience etc is one that you do not like or enjoy at all: What ghastly weather! | I hope they don t bring their ghastly children with them. | It was absolutely ghastly. 2 making you very frightened,… …
12ghastly — ghast|ly [ˈga:stli US ˈgæstli] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: gast to frighten (11 17 centuries)] 1.) very bad or unpleasant = ↑horrible ▪ a ghastly little hotel ▪ The whole thing was a ghastly mistake. ▪ The weather was ghastly. 2.) making you… …
13ghastly — /ˈgastli / (say gahstlee) adjective (ghastlier, ghastliest) 1. frightful; dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder. 2. deathly pale: a ghastly look. 3. bad; unpleasant; shocking: a ghastly failure. –adverb Obsolete 4. in a ghastly manner; horribly. 5 …
14ghastly — ghastliness, n. /gast lee, gahst /, adj., ghastlier, ghastliest, adv. adj. 1. shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder. 2. resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale: a ghastly look to his face. 3. terrible; very bad: a… …
15ghastly — adj. ghastly to + int. (it was ghastly of him to say that) * * * [ gɑːstlɪ] ghastly to +inf. (it was ghastly of him to say that) …
16ghastly — UK [ˈɡɑːs(t)lɪ] / US [ˈɡæs(t)lɪ] adjective Word forms ghastly : adjective ghastly comparative ghastlier superlative ghastliest 1) shocking in a way that frightens or upsets you She had a ghastly expression on her face. 2) very bad or unpleasant a …
17ghastly — 1. adjective /ˈɡɑːs(t).li,ˈɡæs(t).li/ a) Horrifyingly shocking. The play was simply ghastly. b) Extremely bad. Syn: lurid 2. adverb /ˈɡɑːs( …
18ghastly — adjective 1) a ghastly stabbing Syn: terrible, horrible, grim, awful, dire; frightening, terrifying, horrifying, alarming; distressing, shocking, appalling, harrowing; dreadful, frightful, horrendous, monstrous …
19ghastly — ghast•ly [[t]ˈgæst li, ˈgɑst [/t]] adj. li•er, li•est, adv. 1) shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder[/ex] 2) resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale; cadaverous 3) terrible; very bad: a ghastly error[/ex] 4) in a… …
20ghastly — ghast|ly [ gæstli ] adjective 1. ) shocking in a way that frightens or upsets you: She had a ghastly expression on her face. 2. ) very bad or unpleasant: a really ghastly wine …
