English adjective: ghastly | |||
1. | ghastly shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick | ||
Similar | alarming | ||
Antonyms | unalarming | ||
2. | ghastly gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | ||
Samples | A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones. Ghastly shrieks. The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs. | ||
Synonyms | charnel, sepulchral | ||
Similar | offensive | ||
Antonyms | inoffensive | ||