Adjective: ghastly (ghastlier,ghastliest) gãst-lee
- Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds";
- grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
- Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
"ghastly shrieks";
- charnel, sepulchral
Derived forms: ghastlier, ghastliest
Encyclopedia: Ghastly