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ghastly
What does ghastly mean?
ghastly (adjective): shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use ghastly in a sentence?
How do you pronounce ghastly?
/ˈɡæstli/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ghastly come from?
From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of ghastly?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ghastly” mean?
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
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of the same origin as claimed; genuine
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foreign, especially in an exciting way
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likely or expected to happen or become
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Which word is closest in meaning to “ghastly”?
slim
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lazy
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grim
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mere
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