ghastly
adjective
1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- ghastly wounds
Similar word(s): alarming, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
- ghastly shrieks
Similar word(s): offensive, charnel, sepulchral
Sentences with ghastly as an adjective:
- The play was simply ghastly.
adverb
1. In a ghastly manner.
- He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.