Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ghastly
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Ghastly
ghastly
~ adj 1 a ghastly situation, person, experience etc is one that you do not like or enjoy at all (What ghastly weather! | I hope they don't bring their ghastly children with them. | It was absolutely ghastly.) 2 making you very frightened, upset or shocked (a ghastly accident) 3 look/feel ghastly to look or feel ill, upset, or unhappy (Are you alright? You look ghastly!) - ghastliness n
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1.
If you describe someone or something as ghastly, you mean that you find them very unpleasant. (INFORMAL) ...a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child... It was the worst week of my life. It was ghastly. = awful ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (ghastlier; -est) Etymology: Middle English gastly, from gasten to terrify — more at gast Date: 14th century 1. a. terrifyingly horrible to the senses ; frightening a ~ crime b. intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable such a life seems ~ in its emptiness and sterility — Aldous Huxley 2. resembling a ghost 3. obsolete filled with fear 4. very great a ~ mistake • ghastliness noun • ~ adverb Synonyms: ~, grisly, gruesome, macabre, lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ~ suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts a ~ 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. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & adv. --adj. (ghastlier, ghastliest) 1 horrible, frightful. 2 colloq. objectionable, unpleasant. 3 deathlike, pallid. --adv. in a ghastly or sickly way (ghastly pale). Derivatives ghastlily adv. ghastliness n. Etymology: ME gastlich f. obs. gast terrify: gh after ghost ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. страшный ghastly accident —- страшная (ужасная) катастрофа ghastly murder —- ужасное убийство ghastly dreams —- страшные (кошмарные) сны, ночные кошмары to look ghastly —- ужасно выглядеть; быть похожим на привидение 2. призрачный; мертвенный, мертвенно-бледный ghastly grin —- гримаса, как у мертвеца ghastly smile —- страдальческая улыбка 3. мрачный 4. эмоц-усил. ужасный, страшный; смертельный ghastly failure —- ужасный провал, страшная неудача ghastly dinner —- отвратительный обед ghastly bore —- смертельная скука (тоска) we had a ghastly time at party —- мы отвратительно провели время на этом вечере 5. эмоц-усил. страшно, ужасно, чрезвычайно ghastly pale —- страшно (ужасно) бледный she has ghastly bad taste —- у нее ужасный вкус ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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smile страдальческая улыбка GHASTLY 1. adj. 1) страшный 2) мертвенно-бледный; призрачный - ghastly smile 3) coll. ужасный; неприятный Syn: see gruesome 2. adv. страшно, ужасно, чрезвычайно ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. gжstan "to torment, frighten" + -lich. Spelling with gh- developed 16c. from confusion with ghost. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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