Stupendous vs Ghastly - What's the difference?
stupendous | ghastly | Related terms |
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
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.
Stupendous is a related term of ghastly.
As adjectives the difference between stupendous and ghastly
is that stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous while ghastly is like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.As an adverb ghastly is
in a ghastly manner.stupendous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
- The renovators created a stupendous new look for our house.
Synonyms
* colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous * See alsoDerived terms
* stupendously * stupendousnessReferences
* Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.ghastly
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* luridAdverb
(-)- He turned ghastly pale on hearing the news.