| Front | ghastly |
|---|---|
| Back | BrE /ˈɡɑːstli/NAmE /ˈɡæstli/ adjective (ghast•lier, ghast•li•est)1 (of an event) very frightening and unpleasant, because it involves pain, death, etc. horriblea ghastly crime/murder She woke up in the middle of a ghastly nightmare. 2 (informal) (of an experience or a situation) very bad; unpleasant terribleThe weather was ghastly. It's all been a ghastly mistake. When she mentioned redundancies, for one ghastly moment, I thought she meant me. 3 (informal) (of a person or thing) that you find unpleasant and dislike very much horribleher ghastly husband This lipstick is a ghastly colour. I look ghastly in red. 4 [not usually before noun] ill/sick or upset terribleI felt ghastly the next day. Do I look as ghastly as I feel? 5 (literary) very pale in appearance, like a dead personHis face was ghastly white. She had a ghastly pallor. |
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