ghastly

  • 21ghastly — adjective 1) a ghastly murder Syn: terrible, frightful, horrible, grim, awful, horrifying, shocking, appalling, horrendous, monstrous 2) informal a ghastly building Syn …

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  • 22ghastly — adj. & adv. adj. (ghastlier, ghastliest) 1 horrible, frightful. 2 colloq. objectionable, unpleasant. 3 deathlike, pallid. adv. in a ghastly or sickly way (ghastly pale). Derivatives: ghastlily adv. ghastliness n. Etymology: ME gastlich f. obs.… …

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  • 23ghastly — adj. Ghastly is used with these nouns: ↑mistake, ↑sight …

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  • 24ghastly — [14] Despite its similarity in form and sense, ghastly is not related to ghost. It was formed from the Middle English verb gasten ‘terrify’, which may have been a descendant of the Old English verb gǣstan ‘torment’ (source of aghast). The… …

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  • 25ghastly — [14] Despite its similarity in form and sense, ghastly is not related to ghost. It was formed from the Middle English verb gasten ‘terrify’, which may have been a descendant of the Old English verb gǣstan ‘torment’ (source of aghast). The… …

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  • 26Ghastly's Ghastly Comic — Infobox comic strip title= Ghastly s Ghastly Comic caption= Ghastly s Ghastly Comic banner author= Ghastly url= http://www.ghastlycomic.com/ rss= atom= status= Hiatus syndicate= publisher= first= 2001 05 05 last= genre= Hentai, Parody rating=… …

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  • 27Ghastly Ones — Infobox musical artist Name = The Ghastly Ones Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = flagicon|USA Van Nuys, California Genre = Surf rock Garage Rock Years active = 1996 present Label = Zombie A Go Go… …

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  • 28Ghastly City Sleep — Infobox musical artist Name = Ghastly City Sleep Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = The Ghastly City Sleep Origin = Flagicon|USA Brooklyn, NY, USA Genre = Post rock Years active = Label = Robotic Empire… …

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  • 29ghastly — Synonyms and related words: achromatic, achromic, ailing, anemic, appalling, ashen, ashy, astounding, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, bad, bled white, bloodless, blue, cadaverous, charnel, chloranemic, colorless, corpselike, dead, deadly, deadly… …

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  • 30ghastly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pale, haggard, deathly, ashen, livid; horrible, terrible, fearsome, hideous. See ugliness, colorlessness, fear.Ant., lovely, ruddy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Like a ghost] Syn. spectral, wan,… …

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