Ghastliness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being ghastly. countable, uncountable

    "In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]"

  2. 2
    the quality of being ghastly wordnet
  3. 3
    A ghastly thing. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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anemiadeformitydimnessdullnesseerinessfairness

Example

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"There was something so methodical and so incomprehensible about the deeds of this unknown assassin, that it imparted a fresh ghastliness to his crimes."

Etymology

From ghastly + -ness.

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