ghastly

4 definitions • 6 examples

unpleasant and shocking:

Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.

extremely bad or ugly:

ghastly weather What ghastly weather! It hasn't stopped raining for hours.

ghastly mistake It was all a ghastly mistake.

I thought her outfit was ghastly.

If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face:

You look ghastly - are you okay?

frightening and shocking:

It was a ghastly crime.