| ADJECTIVE | all | ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick | shockingly repellent |
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| all | ghastly, charnel, sepulchral | gruesomely indicative of death or the dead |
| Sounds | gae'stliy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. | |
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| Example | "ghastly wounds" | |
| Synonyms | grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick | |
| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
| Spanish | espantoso, espeluznante, horrible, hórrido, horripilante, horroroso, macabro, repugnante, truculento | |
| Catalan | esborronant, horrible, hòrrid, horrífic, horripilant, horrorós, macabre | |
| Nouns | ghastliness | the quality of being ghastly |
| Meaning | gruesomely indicative of death or the dead. | |
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| Example | "ghastly shrieks" | |
| Synonyms | charnel, sepulchral | |
| Broader | offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| Spanish | sepulcral | |
| Nouns | ghastliness | the quality of being ghastly |
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