Infernal vs Ghastly - What's the difference?
infernal | ghastly | Related terms |
Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
(by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
Stygian, gloomy.
Diabolical or fiendish.
* Addison
(as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
* 1905 , Bram Stoker, The Man
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.
Infernal is a related term of ghastly.
As adjectives the difference between infernal and ghastly
is that infernal is of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish while ghastly is like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.As a noun infernal
is (obsolete) an inhabitant of the infernal regions.As an adverb ghastly is
in a ghastly manner.infernal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman,
Antonyms
* (of or relating to hell) heavenlyghastly
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Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* luridAdverb
(-)- He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.