Found 2 items, similar to ghastlier.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ghastlier
ghastlier
See
ghastly
ghastly
adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
“ghastly wounds”;
“the grim aftermath of the bombing”;
“the grim task of
burying the victims”;
“a grisly murder”;
“gruesome
evidence of human sacrifice”;
“macabre tales of war
and plague in the Middle ages”;
“macabre tortures
conceived by madmen” [syn:
grim,
grisly,
gruesome,
macabre]
2: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
“a charnel smell
came from the chest filled with dead men's bones”;
“ghastly shrieks”;
“the sepulchral darkness of the
catacombs” [syn:
charnel,
sepulchral]
[also:
ghastliest,
ghastlier]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ghastlier
Ghastly
\Ghast"ly\, a. [Compar.
Ghastlier; superl.
Ghastliest.] [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear,
fr. gasten to terrify, AS. g[ae]stan. Cf.
Aghast,
Gast,
Gaze,
Ghostly.]
1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid;
dismal.
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Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
--Coleridge.
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His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be
recognized. --Macaulay.
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2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
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Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
--Milton.
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