transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgast-lē ]
adjective
( ghast·li·er ; -est )
Etymology: Middle English gastly, from gasten to terrify — more at gast
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
a ghastly crime
b. : intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable
such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility — Aldous Huxley
2. : resembling a ghost
3. obsolete : filled with fear
4. : very great
a ghastly mistake
• ghast·li·ness noun
• ghastly adverb
Synonyms:
ghastly , grisly , gruesome , macabre , lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ghastly suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts
a ghastly accident
grisly and gruesome suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty
an unusually grisly murder
suffered a gruesome death
macabre implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death
a macabre tale of premature burial
lurid adds to gruesome the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder
the lurid details of a crime