ghastly
[adjective]
Synonyms: horrible, dreadful, frightful, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, loathsome, shocking, terrible, terrifying

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Contrasted words: appealing, attractive, charming, pleasant, touching, acceptable, bearable, trivial, unimportant
Related Words: appalling, awful, dreadful, frightening, frightful, shocking, disgustful, disgusting, nauseant, nauseating, sickening, ashen, livid, lurid, pale, uncanny, weird, gruesome, haggard, macabre, dim, faint, weak, charnel, mortuary, sepulchral

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English Thesaurus: bad, poor, not very good, disappointing, negative, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ghast‧ly /ˈɡɑːstli $ ˈɡæstli/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: gast 'to frighten' (11-17 centuries)]

1. very bad or unpleasant Synonym : horrible:
a ghastly little hotel
The whole thing was a ghastly mistake.
The weather was ghastly.

2. making you very frightened, upset, or shocked:
a ghastly accident

3. look/feel ghastly to look or feel ill, upset, or unhappy:
Are you all right? You look ghastly!
—ghastliness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bad not good:
a bad idea
His behaviour is getting worse.
poor not as good as it could be or should be:
A poor diet can lead to ill health.
his poor performance at school
not very good not good – often used instead of saying directly that something was ‘bad’, especially when you were disappointed by it:
The film wasn’t very good.
disappointing not as good as you hoped or expected:
Her exam results were disappointing.
a disappointing start to the campaign
negative bad – used when talking about the bad result or effect of something:
All the publicity had a negative impact on sales.
the negative effects of climate change
undesirable formal bad and not wanted:
The policy had some undesirable consequences.
drug abuse and other undesirable behaviour
unfavourable formal unfavourable conditions are not good for doing something:
The boat race was cancelled because of unfavourable weather.
awful/terrible/dreadful especially British English very bad:
The movie was awful.
Her house is in a terrible state.
a dreadful crime
horrible very bad, especially in a way that shocks or upsets you:
He describes prison as ‘a horrible place’.
It was a horrible exprerience.
disgusting smelling or tasting very bad:
The food was disgusting.
The fish smelled disgusting.
lousy /ˈlaʊzi/ informal very bad or disappointing:
The weather has been lousy all week.
I’m fed up with this lousy job.
ghastly /ˈɡɑːstli $ ˈɡæstli/ British English informal very bad:
I’ve had a ghastly day.
a ghastly mistake
severe severe problems, injuries, illnesses etc are very bad and serious:
The country faces severe economic problems.
severe delays
He suffered severe head injuries in a car crash.
atrocious/appalling/horrendous extremely bad in a way that is shocking:
Her behaviour has been absolutely atrocious.
The country has an appalling human rights record.
abysmal /əˈbɪzməl/ very bad and of a very low standard:
The team’s performance was abysmal.
the abysmal conditions in some prisons

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