GHASTFUL


Meaning of GHASTFUL in English

-fəl adjective

Etymology: Middle English gastful, from gast, gost spirit, ghost + -ful — more at ghost

1. obsolete : full of fear : frightened

the prelate saw their fall with ghastful eyes — John Ozell

2. archaic : giving rise to fear : frightful

this ghastful dream … soon awoke him — John Lane fl 1620

• ghast·ful·ly -fəlē adverb , obsolete

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