Grotesque vs Ghastly - What's the difference?
grotesque | ghastly | Related terms |
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.
(typography) sans serif.
A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
Anything grotesque.
(typography) A sans serif typeface.
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.
Grotesque is a related term of ghastly.
As adjectives the difference between grotesque and ghastly
is that grotesque is distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous while ghastly is like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.As a noun grotesque
is a style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.As an adverb ghastly is
in a ghastly manner.grotesque
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(wikipedia grotesque)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
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(en noun)External links
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Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* luridAdverb
(-)- He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.