ghastliness
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- واژهنامه · hFarsi Advanced Version هولناکى ،رنگ پريدگى
- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ghast·ly adj. Pronunciation: ' gast-lē Function: adjective Inflected Form:   ghast·li·er ; -est Etymology: Middle English gastly, from gasten to terrify ― more at GAST Date: 14th century 1 a : terrifyingly horrible to the senses : FRIGHTENING <a ghastly crime> b : intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable <such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility ― Aldous Huxley> 2 : resembling a ghost 3 obsolete : filled with fear 4 : very great <a ghastly mistake> –ghast·li·ness noun –ghastly adverb synonyms GHASTLY , GRISLY , GRUESOME , MACABRE , LURID mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. GHASTLY suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts <a ghastly accident>. GRISLY and GRUESOME suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty <an unusually grisly murder> <suffered a gruesome death>. MACABRE implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death <a macabre tale of premature burial>. LURID adds to GRUESOME the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder <the lurid details of a crime>.]]>