- shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- resembling a ghost, especially in being very pale: a ghastly look to his face.
- terrible; very bad: a ghastly error.
- in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly.
- with a deathlike quality.
- very bad or unpleasant
- deathly pale; wan
- extremely unwell; ill
- terrifying; horrible
- unhealthily; sickly
- in a horrible or hideous manner