GHASTLY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • shockingly repellent
   • inspiring horror
   Synonym(s)
   • grim (what does grim mean?)
   • grisly (what does grisly mean?)
   • gruesome (what does gruesome mean?)
   • macabre (what does macabre mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   • macabr
   Similar To
   • alarming (what does alarming mean?)
2. Meaning
   • gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
   Synonym(s)
   • charnel (what does charnel mean?)
   • sepulchral (what does sepulchral mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men’’s bones
   • ghastly shrieks
   • the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
   Similar To
   • offensive (what does offensive mean?)