ghastliness
Quality of being dreadful
Ghastliness is the quality of being ghastly—shocking, horrifying, or deathly pale.
The word describes something that inspires dread or revulsion: the ghastliness of the crime scene, the ghastliness of his complexion after the illness.
It can also apply to things merely awful or unpleasant: the ghastliness of the décor.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- monstrosityHideously malformed creature
bloodcurdling · spine-tingling · eerie · haunting · ghoulish · frightening · creepy · sinister
Provoking strong revulsion
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- repellentCauses strong aversion
vile · foul · sickening · abhorrent · offensive · detestable · abominable · repugnant
Dreary and without cheer
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- sombreGloomy and serious
- starkSevere and unadorned
forbidding · dreary · gloomy · morbid · sepulchral · lugubrious · gothic · tenebrous
Intensely shocked, disgusted
- appalledShocked by wrongness
- dismayedDistressed by shock
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
- stupefiedOverwhelmed into mental blankness
dumbfounded · speechless · recoil · shudder · blanched · ashen · pallor · stricken
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
monstrosity · bloodcurdling · spine-tingling · eerie · haunting · ghoulish · frightening · creepy · sinister · macabre
disgusting
Provoking strong revulsion
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
repellent · vile · foul · sickening · abhorrent · offensive · detestable · abominable · repugnant · odious
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
stark · forbidding · dreary · gloomy · morbid · sepulchral · lugubrious · gothic · tenebrous · desolate
horrified
Intensely shocked, disgusted
- appalledShocked by wrongness
- dismayedDistressed by shock
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
stupefied · dumbfounded · speechless · recoil · shudder · blanched · ashen · pallor · stricken · stunned
- uglinessugliness, unattractiveness, unsightliness, hideousness, homeliness
- horrorshorror, dread, terror, fright, dreadfulness
- macabrecorpse, corpses, skull, skulls, skeleton
ghastlinessbeauty
Aesthetic excellence
loveliness · attractiveness · comeliness · handsomeness · prettiness
ghastlinesspleasantness
Quality of being agreeable
delightfulness · agreeableness · enjoyableness · wonderfulness · niceness
ghastlinesswonderfulness
Quality of being remarkable
excellence · splendidness · desirability · desirableness · admirableness