1. ghastly - Adjective
2. ghastly - Adverb
4. ghastly - Adjective Satellite
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen. Claude Bernard
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! Quoth the raven, `Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe
Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster. Ken Livingstone
As soon as you know the voice and understand what it is, the whole scene changes. The same world which was the ghastly battlefield of maya is now changed into something good and beautiful. Swami Vivekananda
And many more Destructions played In this ghastly masquerade, All disguised, even to the eyes, Like Bishops, lawyers, peers, or spies. Percy Bysshe Shelley
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed. David Foster Wallace