Dictionary Entry
ghastly
ghastly is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
- 2superlative
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
- 3adverb
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
- 4adjective
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds"
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
- 5adjective
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"
"ghastly shrieks"
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