Associations to the word «Ghastly»
Noun
- Hue
- Hogan
- Hatred
- Detection
- Spectre
- Visage
- Bush
- Shudder
- Countenance
- Mockery
- Shriek
- Apparition
- Whiteness
- Corpse
- Spectacle
- Semblance
- Glare
- Desolation
- Grin
- Horror
- Fiend
- Gaping
- Gloom
- Moonlight
- Complexion
- Groan
- Pale
- Wound
- Terror
- Smile
- Agony
- Stench
- Skeleton
- Nightmare
- Fright
- Heap
- Supernatural
- Face
- Deformity
- Stare
- Anguish
- Faint
- Phantom
- Revel
- Trembling
- Cheek
- Howling
Adjective
Wiktionary
GHASTLY, adjective. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
GHASTLY, adjective. Horrifyingly shocking.
GHASTLY, adjective. Extremely bad.
GHASTLY, adverb. In a ghastly manner.
Dictionary definition
GHASTLY, adjective. 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".
GHASTLY, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.