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Definition of Ghastliness
1. Noun. The quality of being ghastly.
Generic synonyms: Frightfulness
Derivative terms: Ghastly, Ghastly, Grim, Grim, Grim, Gruesome, Lurid, Lurid
Definition of Ghastliness
1. n. The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
Definition of Ghastliness
1. Noun. The state of being ghastly ¹
2. Noun. A ghastly thing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ghastliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghastliness
Literary usage of Ghastliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"The communication struck home to 1m very heart :—a ghastliness, like that of
death, settled upon his countenance,—and one deep and protracted groan ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... re-assumed whiskers, and their pallid cheeks, thus accoutred, exhibited a
surprising compound of ghastliness and effeminacy.—The Balance, Hudson, NY, ..."
3. The Bookman (1910)
"Whenever we met each other's eyes we were startled by the ghastliness of our
faces, a ghastliness due to the pale candlelight. ..."
4. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1905)
"The only point to be made here is that these sea- wolves, as they are called,
represent not only the ghastliness of the deadly fen, but the ghastliness of ..."
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