For once that epithet is justified and is more than a convenient journalistic label to ramp up the ghastliness of any given tragedy.
It was physically demanding but there was no repeat of the ghastliness of Wednesday.
By now, for all his ghastliness, we cannot but feel a stirring of compassion for him.
|adjective|
1.Causing great horror or fear.
‘one of the most _ghastly_ crimes ever committed’
‘Thus, even the book’s most _ghastly_ events are stripped of their horror, and so of their dramatic power as well.’
2.Deathly white.
‘a _ghastly_ pallor’
‘From her _ghastly_ pale face, Tom can tell that she was not healthy at all.’
3.Extremely unwell.
‘she had sobered up but she felt _ghastly_ ’
4.Very objectionable, bad, or unpleasant.
‘the weather was _ghastly_ ’
‘One Kansas farmer lined his field with _ghastly_ wind ornaments, rough cut from sheet metal and painted with slogans mocking liberal causes and government tyranny.’
词性:|adjective|
‘one of the most _ghastly_ crimes ever committed’
