Associations to the word «Ghastly»
Noun
- Woe
- Tragedy
- Chasm
- Pillow
- Grave
- Moustache
- Dazzling
- Mistake
- Stillness
- Blood
- Scaffold
- Scream
- Mirth
- Empty
- Lamp
- Convulsion
- Ghost
- Whisper
- Splendour
- Flame
- Culprit
- Lantern
- Wild
- Darkness
- Wounded
- Executioner
- Wickedness
- Howl
- Gore
- Relic
- Burden
- Imagination
- Manhood
- Torment
- Flesh
- Anu
- Silence
- Lying
- Torch
- Vengeance
- Horde
- Throat
- Superstition
- Graves
- Carnage
- Sudden
- Veil
- Lust
- Verge
Adjective
Adverb
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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