ghastliness
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈɡæstlinəs/
:
horror
- The movie was criticized for its graphic scenes, highlighting the ghastliness of violence.
Examples
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For all her ghastliness, Hillary is at least a credible politician.
Blog text (7) -
These include the waste of human resources; the confusions imposed on society where these men and women insist on acceptance, even in athletic competition, with women; the encouragement of the "illusion of technique," which assumes that the body is like a suit of clothes to be hemmed and stitched to style; and, finally, the ghastliness of the mutilated anatomy.
Academic text (1992) -
The ghastliness of the abandoned house made everyone hesitant to enter.
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Witnesses described the accident's ghastliness in chilling detail.
Synonyms
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2.1
A very strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust
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6.7
A harsh, unpleasant quality that makes people feel afraid or worried
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6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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4.1
A feeling of fear caused by something you see or hear
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7.2
A strange, quiet feeling that makes you feel afraid or uneasy
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7.0
A very shocking and frightening scene or detail that makes you feel sick
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5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
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8.1
A strong feeling of fear when something is very scary
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6.9
A quality that makes people feel scared
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5.3
A strange, eerie feeling that makes you feel uneasy
A strange, scary quality like a ghost or monster
A shocking, vivid way of telling a story to make people react
A quality that makes situations feel very frightening and unpleasant
A very strong feeling of fear when something is shocking or awful
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
Antonyms
How Horrible
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8.1
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8.5
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2.1
- Specialized
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4.1
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ghastliness comes from ghastly, which originally came from an old word for 'ghost' or 'spirit' and is the same root as ghost and aghast. So ghastliness is the quality of being like a frightening ghost, which is why it means 'shockingly frightful'.