GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Ghastly , a. [Compar. Ghastlier ; superl. Ghastliest.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. gæstan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.]
   Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
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   Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
   Coleridge.
   
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   His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
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   Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
   Milton.
   
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   Ghastly, adv. In a ghastly manner; hideously.
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   Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.
   Shak.
   
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