Ghastly vs. Ghostly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ghastly and Ghostly
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Ghastly
Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying
A ghastly murder.
Ghostly
Of, relating to, or resembling a ghost, a wraith, or an apparition; spectral.
Ghastly
Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
Ghostly
Of or relating to the soul or spirit; spiritual.
Ghastly
Extremely unpleasant or bad
"in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
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Ghostly
Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
A ghostly figure with a hood
The graveyard was haunted by a ghostly figure of a young girl.
The ghostly moaning was heard from upstairs.
Ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
Ghostly
Spooky; frightening.
A ghostly hush fell.
Ghastly
Horrifyingly shocking.
Ghostly
(archaic) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
A ghostly confessor
Ghastly
Extremely bad.
The play was simply ghastly.
Ghostly
Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.
Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
One of the gostly children of St. Jerome.
Ghastly
In a ghastly manner.
Ghostly
Of or pertaining to apparitions.
Ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
Ghostly
Spiritually; mystically.
Ghastly
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
Ghostly
Like or being a phantom;
A ghostly face at the window
A phantasmal presence in the room
Spectral emanations
Spiritual tappings at a seance
Ghastly
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.
Ghastly
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
Ghastly wounds
The grim aftermath of the bombing
The grim task of burying the victims
A grisly murder
Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
Macabre tortures conceived by madmen
Ghastly
Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
Ghastly shrieks
The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
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