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ghastlier definition
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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")
ghastlier definition
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