Ghastly Definition & Meaning
ghastly
- adjective
- 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"
- 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"
"Ghastly" in song lyrics
See how ghastly is used in real songs:
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"A ryhme cause that mistake might be ghastly"
Craig G — What You're Used To -
"Official, Nastee, the aggy still ghastly"
Onyx — Black Dust
Words that rhyme with ghastly
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