GHASTLY

[adjective] -ier, -iest [informal] - unpleasant and shocking, or (informal) extremely badThis morning's newspaper reports all the ghastly details of the murder.(informal) What ghastly weather!(informal) It was all a ghastly mistake.(informal) She was wearing the most ghastly outfit you've ever seen.(literary) Ghastly can also be used to mean unhealthily and unpleasantly pale.She staggered out of the room, her face a ghastly white.