Associations to the word «Ghastly»
Noun
- Skull
- Gleam
- Dead
- Dying
- Light
- Ordeal
- Hollow
- Precipice
- Trophi
- Bleeding
- Flicker
- Pall
- Grimace
- Perspiration
- Suspense
- Glow
- Sight
- Misery
- Staring
- Blunder
- Lip
- Despair
- Limb
- Torture
- Hag
- Cinder
- Coughing
- Wretch
- Emptiness
- Glitter
- Cauldron
- Rattle
- Consternation
- Blackness
- Exclamation
- Lightning
- Coffin
- Forehead
- Dripping
- Pantomime
- Caricature
- Bruise
- Farce
- Wail
- Brow
- Amazement
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".
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