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Webster 1913 Edition

Ghastly

Ghast′ly

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Ghastlier
;
sup
erl.
Ghastliest
.]
[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.

Ghast′ly

,
adv.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full
ghastly
like a strangled man.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Ghastly

GH`ASTLY

,
Adj.
[Eng. gush, gust.]
1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; dismal; as a ghastly face; ghastly smiles.
2.
Horrible; shocking; dreadful.
Mangled with ghastly wounds.

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