ghastly
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ghastly (comparativo ghastlier, superlativo ghastliest)
- (di aspetto) spettrale, cadaverico, esangue, pallidissimo
- spaventoso, terrificante, abominevole, orrendo, agghiacciante
- a ghastly sound - un suono terrificante
- (per estensione) pessimo, orrendo
ghastly
- orrendamente, spaventosamente
- mortalmente, come uno spettro:
Ascolta la pronuncia (US) :
dall'antico anglosassone gǣstan, "spaventare, tormentare"; si vedano anche ghast e ghost
- (di aspetto spettrale) pallid, pale, emaciated, gaunt, death-like
- (spaventoso) shocking, horrifying
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary