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Ghastliest vs Ghostliest - What's the difference?

ghastliest | ghostliest |

As adjectives the difference between ghastliest and ghostliest

is that ghastliest is superlative of ghastly while ghostliest is superlative of ghostly.

ghastliest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (ghastly)

    • ghastly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
  • *(Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
  • *:Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
  • Horrifyingly shocking.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
  • *
  • *:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  • Extremely bad.
  • :

    • Synonyms

    * lurid

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a ghastly manner.
    • He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.

    ghostliest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (ghostly)

    • ghostly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
    • a ghostly figure with a hood.
  • Spooky; frightening.
  • Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
    • a ghostly confessor
  • * Book of Common Prayer
    • Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • One of the ghostly children of St. Jerome.

    Synonyms

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    See also

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