adj. 25B6; adjective
a ghastly stabbing : TERRIBLE, frightful, horrible, grim, awful, dire; frightening, terrifying, horrifying, alarming; distressing, shocking, appalling, harrowing; dreadful, horrendous, monstrous, gruesome, grisly.
(informal) a ghastly building : UNPLEASANT, objectionable, disagreeable, distasteful, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, detestable, insufferable, vile; informal horrible, horrid.
the patient feels ghastly : ILL, unwell, peaky, poorly; sick, queasy, nauseous; Brit. off colour; informal rough, lousy, rotten, terrible, awful, dreadful; Brit. informal grotty, ropy; Scottish informal peely-wally; Austral./NZ informal crook.
a ghastly pallor : PALE, white, pallid, pasty, wan, bloodless, peaky, ashen, grey, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, green, sickly; informal like death warmed up.
pleasant, charming, fine, healthy.