3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ghastly \Ghast"ly\, a. [Compar. {Ghastlier}; superl. {Ghastliest}.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g[ae]stan. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gast}, {Gaze}, {Ghostly}.] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. [1913 Webster] Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. [1913 Webster] Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ghastlier See {ghastly} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ghastly adj 1: 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" [syn: {grim}, {grisly}, {gruesome}, {macabre}] 2: 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" [syn: {charnel}, {sepulchral}] [also: {ghastliest}, {ghastlier}]
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