| 单词 | ghastly |
| 释义 | ghastly (once / 590 pages) adj Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant — so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke. An adjective used to describe that which inspires visions of death and feelings of revulsion, ghastly originated circa 1300. It is very close in meaning to the similarly spelled ghostly. In fact, the word in Old English was originally spelled gastli. But over the years, people confused gastli with ghost, began to adopt the gh- spelling. But don't you forget the "h" - that would be a ghastly spelling error on your part. WORD FAMILYghastly: ghastlier, ghastliest, ghastlily, ghastliness USAGE EXAMPLESIn the first half, Oakland managed three first downs, ceded 255 yards — a ghastly 7.7 per play — and committed nine penalties. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The cost of inaction or further delaying our response is too ghastly to contemplate. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) But a South Carolina jury was unable to agree on a verdict in one of the nation’s ghastliest police shootings. Seattle Times(Dec 06, 2016) 1adj shockingly repellent; inspiring horror ghastly wounds Syn grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger 2adj gruesomely indicative of death or the dead ghastly shrieks Syn charnel, sepulchral offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
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