ghast
ly
Comparative
more ghastly
Superlative
most ghastly
1
extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying in appearance, nature, or effect
- The haunted house was filled with ghastly sights, from cobweb-covered furniture to eerie, flickering lights.
- The accident scene was ghastly, with mangled wreckage and pools of blood scattered across the road.
- She had a ghastly nightmare about being chased by shadowy figures through a dark forest.
- The horror movie depicted ghastly scenes of violence and gore that left the audience in shock.
- He told a ghastly story that left everyone pale and silent.
2
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
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3
looking pale due to being sick or in poor health
- She appeared ghastly, her complexion drained of color, as she struggled to stand up after fainting.
- The flu had left him feeling weak and ghastly, with dark circles under his eyes and a pallor to his skin.
- Despite her efforts to conceal it with makeup, her ghastly appearance betrayed the toll that chemotherapy had taken on her health.
- He looked ghastly as he stumbled out of bed, his face pale and drawn from a night of battling food poisoning.
- The hiker appeared ghastly after being lost in the wilderness for days, his skin clammy and his lips trembling with exhaustion.