- ghastly⇄adj. 1. causing terror; horrible; frightful; shocking.
Ex. Murder is a ghastly crime.
2a. like a dead person or ghost; deathly pale.
Ex. That very sick man looks ghastly. Faces ... ghastly with guilt and fear (Hawthorne).
(SYN) - ghastly⇄adv. ghastlily.
- ghastly⇄adv. in a ghastly manner.
- ghastly⇄ghastly, adjective, -lier,-liest,adverb.
- ghastly⇄noun ghastliness.