ghastly

Adjective
  1. Shockingly repellent;
    Inspiring horror (synset 300197276)
    "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
    similar to: alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
    same as: grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
  2. Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead (synset 301629673)
    "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
    similar to: offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
    same as: charnel, sepulchral

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