Noun
The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere's reason for ghastliness. Eustacia, you have held my happiness in the hollow of your hand, and like a devil you have dashed it down! Thomas Hardy
The comedy has a crematorium whiff, dealing with such unmentionable topics as death, old age, hate, the ghastliness of marriages, the awfulness of the Welsh and the decay of the flesh.” Source: Internet
The five-episode limited series, which sees each episode based on one of St. Aubyn’s five largely autobiographical novels, isn’t shy about driving home the ghastliness of its characters and the world they inhabit. Source: Internet