ghastly

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. shockingly repellent;
inspiring horror (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
• Similar to:
alarming
• Derivationally related forms:
gruesomeness (for: gruesome), grimness (for: grim), ghastliness
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
• Syn:
charnel, sepulchral
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
ghastliness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  charnel, sepulchral, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick