Found 2 items, similar to ghastliest.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ghastliest ghastliest 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: Ghastliest 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. [1913 Webster] Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. [1913 Webster] Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]