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ghastliness

noun

Etymology

From ghastly + -ness.

  1. derived from gǣstan
  2. derived from gastly
  3. suffixed as ghastliness — “ghastly + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being ghastly.

    • In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]
    • Francesca felt oppressed as she gazed on the bare walls, the wooden pallet, the crucifix at the foot, where the wan light of the ill-supplied lamp gave a strange ghastliness to the dying agony of the Saviour.

  2. A ghastly thing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ghastliness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA