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ghastlier


 
  Overview  of  adj  ghastly 
 
  The  adj  ghastly  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre  --  (shockingly  repellent;  inspiring  horror;  "ghastly  wounds";  "the  grim  aftermath  of  the  bombing";  "the  grim  task  of  burying  the  victims";  "a  grisly  murder";  "gruesome  evidence  of  human  sacrifice";  "macabre  tales  of  war  and  plague  in  the  Middle  ages";  "macabre  tortures  conceived  by  madmen") 
  2.  charnel,  ghastly,  sepulchral  --  (gruesomely  indicative  of  death  or  the  dead;  "a  charnel  smell  came  from  the  chest  filled  with  dead  men's  bones";  "ghastly  shrieks";  "the  sepulchral  darkness  of  the  catacombs") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ghastly 
 
  2  senses  of  ghastly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Sense  2 
  charnel,  ghastly,  sepulchral 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  offensive)  ->  inoffensive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ghastly 
 
  2  senses  of  ghastly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Sense  2 
  charnel,  ghastly,  sepulchral 
  =>  offensive  (vs.  inoffensive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ghastly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ghastly 
 
  ghastly  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ghastly 
  ghastly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ghastly 
 
  The  adj  ghastly  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre  --  (shockingly  repellent;  inspiring  horror;  "ghastly  wounds";  "the  grim  aftermath  of  the  bombing";  "the  grim  task  of  burying  the  victims";  "a  grisly  murder";  "gruesome  evidence  of  human  sacrifice";  "macabre  tales  of  war  and  plague  in  the  Middle  ages";  "macabre  tortures  conceived  by  madmen") 
  2.  charnel,  ghastly,  sepulchral  --  (gruesomely  indicative  of  death  or  the  dead;  "a  charnel  smell  came  from  the  chest  filled  with  dead  men's  bones";  "ghastly  shrieks";  "the  sepulchral  darkness  of  the  catacombs") 



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