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ghastly
English
Etymology
From a conflation of a derivation of Old English g?stan (“to torment, frighten”) with the suffix -lic, and ghostly (which was also spelt "gastlich" in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with 'gh' developed 16th century due to the conflation.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????s(t).li/
- (US) IPA(key): /??æs(t).li/
Adjective
ghastly (comparative ghastlier, superlative ghastliest)
- Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Horrifyingly shocking.
- Extremely bad.
Synonyms
- (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
- (horrifyingly shocking): lurid
Translations
Adverb
ghastly (not comparable)
- In a ghastly manner.
- 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:
- Johnathan's lips moved ghastly before his voice would come. "So I'm crazy, am I? And if I choose to murder you, what would you do?"
- 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 196:
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ghostlike
English
Etymology
ghost +? -like
Adjective
ghostlike (comparative more ghostlike, superlative most ghostlike)
- Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
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