Terrific vs Ghastly - What's the difference?
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(colloquial) Frighteningly good.
(colloquial) Astounding or awesome.
Terrifying; causing terror
Frightful or very unpleasant.
(colloquial) Extraordinarily great or intense.
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.
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*: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.
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In a ghastly manner.
Terrific is a related term of ghastly.
As adjectives the difference between terrific and ghastly
is that terrific is (colloquial) frighteningly good while ghastly is like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.As an adverb ghastly is
in a ghastly manner.terrific
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Alternative forms
* terrifick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- I say! She's a terrific tennis player.
- The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.
- The lightning was followed by a terrific clap of thunder.
- I've got a terrific hangover this morning.
- terrific speed
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* English terms derived from Latinghastly
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(er)Synonyms
* luridAdverb
(-)- He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.