ghastful

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15
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17
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8

Definition of ghastful

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Causing fear; terrifying.
    “Very desolate was that valley, having a dark aspect and a ghastful, such as a man might look for in the infernal glens of Pyriphlegethon or Acheron.”
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adj

  1. (archaic)Causing fear; terrifying.
    “Very desolate was that valley, having a dark aspect and a ghastful, such as a man might look for in the infernal glens of Pyriphlegethon or Acheron.”
  2. (archaic)Terrified, frightened.
    “Th' Almighty anſwers — "I my ſelf will place "The dreadful Stains of Murther on the Face, "That all may ſhun thy Crimes and Fate. — He ſaid, The Caitiff heard, with ghaſtful Looks he fled.”

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Etymology

From Middle English gastful, equivalent to ghast + -ful. See ghastly.

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