He could not by any means tolerate the ghastly smell of rotting onion.
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Ghastly
/ˈɡɑːs(t).li/
Synonyms for "ghastly" (178 found)
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achromaticachromicailinganemicappallingashenashyastoundingawe inspiringawe-inspiringawesomeawfulawfullybadbeastlybled whitebloodlessbluecadaverouscharnel
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Noun(1 words)
art thou sick
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Related words (89)
Adjective(19 words)
haggardhideoushideouslyhorrendoushorriblehorridhorridlyhorrifichorrifyinghuelesshypochromicilllacklusterleadenlividloathsomeluridlusterlessmacabremat
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mealymorbidmortuarymuddynauseantnauseatingneutraloffensiveoutrageouspalepale as deathpale-facedpallidpastyredoubtablerepellentrepellingrepugnantrepulsiverevoltingsallowscaryschrecklichsepulchralshadowyshockingsicksickeningsicklyspectraltallow-facedterribleterrificterrifyingtonelesstremendousuglyuncannyuncoloredunearthlywanwardwashed outwashed-outwaxenweakweirdwhey-facedwhite
Noun(1 words)
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15 entriesabhorrentdeplorableextremelyfrightfullyghastly errorghastly misstepgrisly detailhorriblyhugelymacabre depictionpallorterriblyughwan complexionyikes
Collocations
12 entriesghastly accidentghastly affairghastly errorghastly incidentghastly miscalculationghastly mistakeghastly pallorghastly sceneghastly screamghastly silenceghastly spectacleghastly tale
Inflections
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3 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
23 total sentences available.
His knee turned a ghastly blackish purple from the swelling.
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The ghastly neologism of the year 2011 is "Kebab murders".
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You look positively ghastly.
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