Definition of Ghastliness in English :

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Ghastliness meaning in English

Meaning of Ghastliness in English

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Ghastliness pronunciation in English

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Ghastliness

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Noun

1. ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness

the quality of being ghastly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ghastliness

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adjective -lier or -liest
1. informal
very bad or unpleasant
2. 
deathly pale; wan
3. informal
extremely unwell; ill
they felt ghastly after the party
4. 
terrifying; horrible
adverb
5. 
unhealthily; sickly
ghastly pale
6. archaic
in a horrible or hideous manner

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Ghastliness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈghastlier or ˈghastliest
1. 
horrible; frightful
2. 
ghostlike; pale; haggard
3.  Informal
very bad or unpleasant

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Ghastliness

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adj. ghast·li·er, ghast·li·est
1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying: a ghastly murder.
2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
3. Extremely unpleasant or bad: "in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

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