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Ghastly Common

Ghastly has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

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"

3

Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.

Adverb
1

In a ghastly manner.

Example Sentences
"ghastly wounds" adjective
"the grim aftermath of the bombing" adjective
"the grim task of burying the victims" adjective
"a grisly murder" adjective
"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice" adjective
"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages" adjective
"macabre tortures conceived by madmen" adjective
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones" adjective
"ghastly shrieks" adjective
"the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" adjective
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Rhyming Words
hotly antly nutly aptly fatly wetly fitly catly artly costly wistly daftly softly raptly fastly deftly meetly nettly tectly shitly
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