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GHASTLINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being ghastly

Synonyms:

ghastliness; grimness; gruesomeness; luridness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ghastliness" is a kind of...):

frightfulness (the quality of being frightful)

Derivation:

ghastly (shockingly repellent; inspiring horror)

ghastly (gruesomely indicative of death or the dead)

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