different between titanic vs ghastly

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?t?n??k IPA^(key): /ta??tæn.?k/
• Rhymes: -æn?k

Etymology 1

Titan +? -ic

Adjective

titanic (comparative more titanic, superlative most titanic)

1. Having great size, or great strength, force or power.

Usage notes

• The adjective is no longer in wide use, due to its strong negative association with the wreck of the ocean liner Titanic.

See also

• titanic prime

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Etymology 2

titan(ium) +? -ic

Adjective

titanic (not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium

Derived terms

Related terms

• titanous

Anagrams

• Tanitic

Romanian

Etymology

From French titanique.

Adjective

titanic m or n (feminine singular titanic?, masculine plural titanici, feminine and neuter plural titanice)

1. titanic

Declension

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)

1. 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.
2. Horrifyingly shocking.
3. Extremely bad.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale): See also Thesaurus:pallid
• (horrifyingly shocking): lurid

Translations

Adverb

ghastly (not comparable)

1. 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?"