ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
(adjective) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; “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”
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral
(adjective) gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; “a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men’s bones”; “ghastly shrieks”; “the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ghastlier
comparative form of ghastly
• Gilreaths, Igleharts, litharges, thirlages
Source: Wiktionary
Ghast"ly, a. [Compar. Ghastlier; superl. Ghastliest.] Etym: [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. gæstan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.]
1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay.
2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.
Ghast"ly, adv.
Definition: In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
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