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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 | ||
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