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hellish
English
Etymology
hell +? -ish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?l??/
Adjective
hellish (comparative more hellish, superlative most hellish)
- Causing pain, discomfort or distress.
- I woke up from a hellish noise coming from the house next door.
Synonyms
- awful
- horrible
- terrible
- nightmarish
- infernal
Antonyms
- heavenly
Related terms
- see hell
Translations
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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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