单词 | ghastly |
释义 | ghastly —ghastliness, n. /gast"lee, gahst"-/, adj., ghastlier, ghastliest, adv. adj. 1. shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder. 2. resembling a ghost, esp. in being very pale: a ghastly look to his face. 3. terrible; very bad: a ghastly error. adv. 4. Also, ghastlily, ghastily. in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly. 5. with a deathlike quality. [1275-1325; ME gastly; see GHAST, -LY] Syn. 2. deathlike, pallid, cadaverous. |
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