Ghastly Definition
găstlē
ghastlier, ghastliest
adjective
ghastlier, ghastliest
Horrible; frightful.
Webster's New World
Ghostlike; pale; haggard.
Webster's New World
Very bad or unpleasant.
Webster's New World
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adverb
In a ghastly manner.
He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.
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Other Word Forms of Ghastly
Adjective
Base Form:
ghastly
Comparative:
ghastlier
Superlative:
ghastliestOrigin of Ghastly
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From a derivation of Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”) with the suffix -lic. Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with 'gh' developed 16th century from confusion with ghost; cf. also ghostly.
From Wiktionary
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Alteration (influenced by ghost) of Middle English gastli from gasten to terrify aghast
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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