Defn: Fit to make one aghast; dismal. [Obs.] — Ghast"ful*ly, adv.
GHASTLINESS
Ghast"li*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
GHASTLY Ghast"ly, a. [Compar. Ghastlier; superl. Ghastliest.] Etym: [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. gæstan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.]
1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
Macaulay.
2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.
GHASTLY
Ghast"ly, adv.
Defn: In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.
GHASTNESS
Ghast"ness, n.
Defn: Ghastliness. [Obs.] Shak.