Something that's ghastly isn't just gross. It's shockingly, horrifyingly unpleasant so gruesome and grisly that it makes you want to puke.
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Adjective S.
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabr
Adjective S.
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men''s bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
superl.
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid;
dismal.
superl.
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
adv.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Ghastly
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.2.
Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
Ghastly
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Usage Examples
If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.
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Other Usage ExamplesI think marriage is ghastly.
Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.