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IELTS BNC: 9722 COCA: 14128

ghastly

adjective
/ˈɡɑːstli/
/ˈɡæstli/
(comparative ghastlier, superlative ghastliest)
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  1. (of an event事情) very frightening and unpleasant, because it involves pain, death, etc.(與疼痛、死亡等相關而)恐怖的,可怕的,令人毛骨悚然的 synonym horrible
    • a ghastly crime/murder可怕的罪行/謀殺
    • She woke up in the middle of a ghastly nightmare.她在一場可怕的噩夢中醒來。
  2. (informal) (of an experience or a situation經歷或形勢) very bad; unpleasant糟透的;令人不快的 synonym terrible
    • The weather was ghastly.天氣糟透了。
    • It's all been a ghastly mistake.這是個極其惡劣的錯誤。
    • When she mentioned redundancies, for one ghastly moment, I thought she meant me.當她提到裁員時,有那麽一瞬間,我覺得她指的是我。
  3. (informal) (of a person or thing人或物) that you find unpleasant and dislike very much令人惡心的;令人反感的;討厭的 synonym horrible
    • her ghastly husband她那討厭的丈夫
    • This lipstick is a ghastly colour.這唇膏的顔色令人惡心。
    • I look ghastly in red.我穿紅色很難看。
  4. [not usually before noun] ill or upset有病;不適;苦惱 synonym terrible
    • I felt ghastly the next day.我第二天感到身體很不舒服。
    • Do I look as ghastly as I feel?我看起來和我感覺的一樣可怕嗎?
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  5. (literary) very pale in appearance, like a dead person死人般蒼白的
    • His face was ghastly white.他的臉色慘白。
    • She had a ghastly pallor.她臉色蒼白難看。
  6. Word OriginMiddle English: from obsolete gast ‘terrify’, from Old English gǣstan, of Germanic origin; related to ghost. The gh spelling is by association with ghost. The sense ‘objectionable’ dates from the mid 19th cent.

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