ghastly

形容词 ghastly:

1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
   同义词：grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
   同义词：charnel, sepulchral

1. The sick woman's face was ghastly.
   那女病人面色苍白。
2. What a ghastly place that house is!
   那座房子是个多么可怕的地方啊！

ghast.ly

adj.（形容词）
ghast.li.er,ghast.li.est
Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying:
可怕的：联想或好象联想到死亡而引起的震惊、憎恶或恐惧；可怕的，恐怖的：
例句：
a ghastly murder.
一场恐怖的谋杀

Suggestive of or resembling ghosts.
鬼一样的：联想到鬼的，象鬼的
Extremely unpleasant or bad:
极不舒服的或坏透的：
例句：
.in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book.(Conor Cruise O`Brien)
.他那本极差的书里最令人讨厌的章节.(康纳·克鲁斯·奥布赖恩)

Very serious or great:
非常严重或巨大的：
例句：
a ghastly error.
极严重的错误

来源：
Alteration influenced by ghost
受 ghost的影响
of Middle English gastli
中古英语 gastli
from gasten [to terrify] * see aghast
源自 gasten [吓唬，威胁，恐吓] *参见 aghast

【引伸】
ghast.liness
n.（名词）
ghast.ly
adv.（副词）
<参考词汇><同义词>ghastly,grim,gruesome,grisly,macabre,luridThese adjectives describe what is shockingly repellent in aspect or appearance.
这些形容词描述神色容貌或外表非常令人讨厌的。
Ghastly applies to what inspires shock or horror because it suggests death:
Ghastly 用于因为使人联想到死而激起的恐惧或震惊：
例句：
ghastly wounds;
可怕的伤口；

例句：
a ghastly pallor;
吓人的苍白；

例句：
a ghastly shriek.
恐怖的尖叫。

Grim refers to what repels because of its stern or fierce aspect or its harsh, relentless nature:
Grim 指因为它苛刻的或残忍的样子或它自身恶劣的、残酷的本性：
例句：
the grim task of burying the victims of the earthquake.
埋葬地震受害者的令人恐怖的工作。

Gruesome andgrisly describe what horrifies or revolts because of its appalling crudity or utter inhumanity:
Gruesome 和grisly 描述憎恨或反感， 因为它令人震惊的粗鲁或完全的不仁道：
例句：
a gruesome murder;
一桩可怕的谋杀；

例句：
gruesome evidence of human sacrifice;
人类牺牲的可怕证据；

例句：
grisly jokes about cadavers and worms;
关于尸体和蛆的吓人的玩笑；

例句：
.the grisly gang who work[Hitler`s] wicked will. (Winston S. Churchill).
.按 邪恶的愿望行事的一群可恶的歹徒 （温斯顿·S·丘吉尔）

Macabre suggests the gruesome, often grotesque horror of death and decay:
Macabre 指可怕的经常是关于死亡和腐烂的怪诞的恐怖：
例句：
macabre stories about tortures conceived by a madman.
关于由一个疯子构想出来的可怕故事。

Lurid sometimes refers to what is of a ghastly or unnatural hue suggestive of death:
Lurid 有时指可怕的或不正常的让人联想到死的样子：
例句：
As her illness worsened her skin took on a pallid, greenish, lurid appearance. More often the term describes what shocks because of its terrible and ghastly nature:
疾病使她的皮肤呈现出一种苍白的、绿色的、可怕的样子。 这个词更多用来形容因为本性的可怕和恐惧而令人震惊：

例句：
lurid crimes. At other times it merely refers to glaring and usually unsavory sensationalism:
耸人听闻的罪行。 该词极少用来指怒目而视的并且通常是令人不快的危言耸听：

例句：
a lurid, melodramatic, but accurate account of the accident.
关于这事件的一则轰动且耸人听闻但确切的报导