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ghastly

/ɡˈæstli/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    “ghastly wounds”
  2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
    “a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”

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