Ghastliest - English meaning

adjective

Worrying or disturbing.

Usage examples:

Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

adjective

Causing shock or dismay; horrific.

Usage examples:

The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack

verb

Greatly dismay or horrify.

Usage examples:

Bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The place smelled awful

adverb

Awfully; very.

Usage examples:

We're an awful long way from the motorway

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality.

Usage examples:

A crummy little room

noun

A truck used to transport loggers to and from work.

Usage examples:

The inside of cabooses reflected the conductor's personal habits and the degree of cleanliness vari…

adjective

Of very bad quality

Usage examples:

Crummy weather, a crummy job, a crummy movie

adjective

Extremely serious or urgent.

Usage examples:

Misuse of drugs can have dire consequences

adjective

Very serious or extreme

Usage examples:

Cheating will bring dire consequences.

adjective

Unpleasant or unenjoyable.

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A disagreeable thought

adjective

Unpleasant; unattractive

Usage examples:

The drinking water had a disagreeable oily taste.

adjective

Arousing revulsion or strong indignation.

Usage examples:

He had the most disgusting rotten teeth

verb

Cause (someone) to feel revulsion or strong disapproval.

Usage examples:

They were disgusted by the violence

Highly offensive

adjective

Causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable.

Usage examples:

It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

The tone of the letter displeased him

verb

Present participle of displease

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to do anything to displease him.

adjective

Causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He found such cynicism distasteful

adjective

Unpleasant and unacceptable

Usage examples:

He found the subject of their conversation very distasteful., some of the ads are particularly dist…

adjective

Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting.

Usage examples:

Some very distressing news

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Upsetting or worrying

Usage examples:

The news reports about the famine were very distressing., it was deeply distressing for him to see …

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Feeling or showing fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

They are fearful of the threat of nuclear war

adjective

Showing or causing fear; frightened or worried about something

Usage examples:

A fearful expression/reaction, fearful dangers, he was fearful of driving on the icy streets.

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.

Usage examples:

A frightening experience

verb

Make (someone) afraid or anxious.

Usage examples:

The savagery of his thoughts frightened him

adjective

Making you feel fear

Usage examples:

A frightening situation, my car insurance payments are frightening., his heart rate changed frighte…

adjective

Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking.

Usage examples:

There's been a most frightful accident

phrase

(of a person) looking or feeling unwell or nauseous.

Usage examples:

I will come out probably green about the gills and may even be sick.

idiom

To look ill and pale

Usage examples:

Some of the passengers looked kind of green around the gills after the trip!

adjective

Very serious or gloomy.

Usage examples:

His grim expression

adjective

Not good; having no chance of a good result

Usage examples:

The outlook for a full recovery was grim., the future looks grim for workers who are losing their j…

adjective

Unpleasant and of poor quality.

Usage examples:

A grotty little hotel

adjective

Unpleasant or of bad quality

Usage examples:

A grotty little room

adjective

Acutely distressing.

Usage examples:

A harrowing film about racism and violence

verb

Draw a harrow over (land).

Usage examples:

They ploughed and harrowed the heavy clay

adjective

Extremely upsetting because connected with suffering

Usage examples:

His book tells the harrowing story of how they climbed mt. everest.

adjective

Extremely ugly.

Usage examples:

Hideous lizard-like creatures

adjective

Offensive, extremely ugly, or shocking

Usage examples:

The bathroom was pink and green and silver – it was absolutely hideous.

adjective

Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible.

Usage examples:

She suffered horrendous injuries

adjective

So bad as to be shocking; extremely unpleasant

Usage examples:

Exhibits show how horrendous the living conditions there were.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.

Usage examples:

A horrible massacre

adjective

Very bad, unpleasant, or disgusting

Usage examples:

There was a horrible smell outside the factory.

adjective

Causing horror; extremely shocking.

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A horrifying incident

verb

Fill with horror; shock greatly.

Usage examples:

They were horrified by the very idea

adjective

Very shocking

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Horrifying injuries/conditions/news

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

adjective

Very poor or bad.

Usage examples:

The service is usually lousy

adjective

Bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

The city does a lousy job of snow removal., i thought the movie was lousy.

adjective

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

Usage examples:

Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

adjective

Very bad, esp. because too big

Usage examples:

After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

verb

Affect with nausea.

Usage examples:

The thought of food nauseated her

adjective

Feeling as if you are going to vomit

Usage examples:

He didn’t become nauseated by the treatments at all.

adjective

Affected with nausea; feeling inclined to vomit.

Usage examples:

A rancid odour that made him nauseous

adjective

Feeling that you are likely to vomit, or causing this feeling

Usage examples:

He felt nauseous and dehydrated., unpleasant, nauseous odors

adjective

Arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive.

Usage examples:

I find his theory objectionable in its racist undertones

adjective

Causing offense or opposition

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Objectionable behavior

adjective

Extremely unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Obnoxious odours

adjective

Causing disapproval or protest

adverb

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance.

Usage examples:

The man ran off

preposition

Moving away and often down from.

Usage examples:

He rolled off the bed

adjective

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Even the greatest athletes have off days

adjective

Slightly unpleasant or worrying so that you do not want to get involved in any way

Usage examples:

He's slightly aggressive, which a lot of people find off-putting when they first meet him., what i …

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

Usage examples:

The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

Usage examples:

An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

adjective

Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.

Usage examples:

You're looking a bit peaky—a change of scene would do you good

adjective

Having or resembling a peak or peaks.

Usage examples:

Beat the cream until soft and peaky

adjective

Slightly ill, often looking pale

Usage examples:

You look a bit peaky, love, are you all right?

adverb

In a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Schools that were performing poorly

adjective

Unwell.

Usage examples:

She looked poorly

adverb

Not well

Usage examples:

A business as poorly managed as that one doesn't deserve to succeed., he says he's feeling poorly a…

adjective

Nauseous; feeling sick.

Usage examples:

In the morning he was still pale and queasy

adjective

Feeling as if you are going to vomit

Usage examples:

I’m a little queasy this morning.

adjective

Arousing intense distaste or disgust.

Usage examples:

A repulsive smell

adjective

Resembling a rope, especially in being long, strong, and fibrous.

Usage examples:

The ropy roots of the old tree

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Causing indignation or disgust; offensive.

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Shocking behaviour

verb

Cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

Usage examples:

She was shocked at the state of his injuries

verb

Arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.

Usage examples:

The grain is shocked in the field after it is cut

adjective

Affected by physical or mental illness.

Usage examples:

Nursing very sick children

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

She was busy wiping sick from the carpet

verb

Excellent.

adjective

Extremely bad or serious.

Usage examples:

A terrible crime

adjective

Causing extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The terrifying events of the past few weeks

verb

Cause to feel extreme fear.

Usage examples:

The thought terrifies me

adjective

Very frightening

Usage examples:

A terrifying experience/ordeal

adjective

Not satisfactory or allowable.

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Unacceptable behaviour

adjective

Too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue

Usage examples:

These mistakes are unacceptable., the proposal is unacceptable to theater owners.

adjective

Not wanted or desirable because harmful, objectionable, or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The drug's undesirable side effects

noun

A person considered to be objectionable in some way.

Usage examples:

How could she go around with such undesirables?

adjective

Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable.

Usage examples:

An unpleasant smell

adjective

Not attractive or enjoyable or easy to like

Usage examples:

An unpleasant surprise, unpleasant memories, an unpleasant young man, rob chuckled unpleasantly.

adjective

Not able to be expressed in words.

Usage examples:

I felt an unspeakable tenderness towards her

adjective

Ill.

Usage examples:

He was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell

adjective

Not well; ill

Usage examples:

I hear you've been unwell recently., if you feel unwell, tell the teacher.

adjective

Feeling very tired, weak, and not very healthy

Usage examples:

I am still feeling wabbit with a flu bug.