ghastly
Shockingly bad, revolting
Ghastly describes something horrifying, shocking, or deathlike.
A ghastly scene is gruesome.
A ghastly pallor suggests the pale, drawn look of a corpse.
The word extends to anything extremely unpleasant or of very poor quality: a ghastly mistake, ghastly weather, The food was ghastly.
British speakers use it more freely for ordinary awfulness.
Resembling a dead body
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- wanPale and unwell-looking
pale · ghostly · spectral · deathly · bloodless · blanched · haggard · gaunt
Evoking extreme fear
- horrificExtremely shocking and dreadful
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
shocking · frightening · monstrous · hideous · atrocious · bloodcurdling · grisly · gruesome
Resembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
uncanny · haunting · otherworldly · apparition · wraith · specter · eldritch · ethereal
Extremely bad quality
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- horridExtremely unpleasant or bad
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
abysmal · deplorable · wretched · miserable · dismal · lousy · rotten · beastly
Causing strong disgust
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
vile · foul · sickening · stomach-turning · abhorrent · offensive · grotesque · hideous
corpselike
Resembling a dead body
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- ashenPale, grayish-white
wan · pale · ghostly · spectral · deathly · bloodless · blanched · haggard · gaunt · hollow-eyed
terrifying
Evoking extreme fear
- horrificExtremely shocking and dreadful
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
appalling · shocking · frightening · monstrous · hideous · atrocious · bloodcurdling · grisly · gruesome · macabre
ghostly
Resembling a specter
spooky · uncanny · haunting · otherworldly · apparition · wraith · specter · eldritch · ethereal · unearthly
awful
Extremely bad quality
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- horridExtremely unpleasant or bad
atrocious · abysmal · deplorable · wretched · miserable · dismal · lousy · rotten · beastly · frightful
revolting
Causing strong disgust
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
nauseating · vile · foul · sickening · stomach-turning · abhorrent · offensive · grotesque · hideous · odious
- attractivenessattractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- Posh Britishold boy, old chap, old bean, old sport, pip pip
- pallorpale, pallid, wan, ashen, pasty
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, ugly
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted