ghastly
adjective
[ ˈɡɑːs(t)li ]
• causing great horror or fear.
• "one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed"
Similar:
terrible,
frightful,
horrible,
grim,
awful,
dire,
frightening,
terrifying,
horrifying,
alarming,
distressing,
shocking,
appalling,
harrowing,
dreadful,
fearful,
hideous,
horrendous,
monstrous,
unspeakable,
gruesome,
tragic,
calamitous,
grievous,
grisly,
serious,
severe,
grave,
very bad,
unforgivable,
inexcusable,
indefensible,
reprehensible,
disgraceful,
shameful,
parlous,
• extremely unwell.
• "she had sobered up but she felt ghastly"
Similar:
ill,
unwell,
washed out,
peaky,
sick,
queasy,
nauseous,
nauseated,
green around the gills,
off,
off colour,
poorly,
rough,
lousy,
rotten,
terrible,
awful,
horrible,
dreadful,
crummy,
grotty,
ropy,
wabbit,
peely-wally,
crook,
queer,
seedy,
peaked,
peakish,
crappy,
• very objectionable, bad, or unpleasant.
• "the weather was ghastly"
Similar:
unpleasant,
objectionable,
offensive,
disagreeable,
distasteful,
displeasing,
unacceptable,
off-putting,
undesirable,
obnoxious,
nasty,
disgusting,
awful,
terrible,
dreadful,
frightful,
foul,
repulsive,
repellent,
repugnant,
revolting,
abhorrent,
loathsome,
hateful,
odious,
detestable,
reprehensible,
deplorable,
appalling,
insufferable,
intolerable,
despicable,
contemptible,
beyond the pale,
vile,
obscene,
unsavoury,
unpalatable,
sickening,
nauseating,
nauseous,
noxious,
horrible,
horrid,
sick-making,
beastly,
disgustful,
loathly,
exceptionable,
rebarbative,
Origin:
Middle English: from obsolete gast ‘terrify’, from Old English gǣstan, of Germanic origin; related to ghost. The gh spelling is by association with ghost. The sense ‘objectionable’ dates from the mid 19th century.
