GHASTLY Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word ghastly. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for GHASTLY
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gruesome | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | ||||||||
macabre | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | ||||||||
alarming | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||||||||
appalling | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • an experience that appalls adjective satellite • causing consternation | ||||||||
chilling | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature adjective satellite • provoking fear or terror | ||||||||
dreadful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or dread or terror • exceptionally bad or displeasing • extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | ||||||||
frightful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • provoking horror • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact • extremely distressing | ||||||||
horrifying | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • provoking horror | ||||||||
shocking | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism • giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | ||||||||
terrifying | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing extreme terror | ||||||||
charnel | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited adjective satellite • gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | ||||||||
grim | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror • harshly ironic or sinister • harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||||
grisly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | ||||||||
lurid | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • horrible in fierceness or savagery • glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism • shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke • ghastly pale | ||||||||
sepulchral | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to a sepulchre adjective satellite • gruesomely indicative of death or the dead • suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial | ||||||||
sick | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function noun • people who are sick adjective satellite • feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit • affected with madness or insanity • having a strong distaste from surfeit • (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble • deeply affected by a strong feeling • shockingly repellent; inspiring horror verb • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |