Ghastliness

Definitions

1. The state of being ghastly.
   countable, uncountable
2. A ghastly thing.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]”

The New Arcadia

“Francesca felt oppressed as she gazed on the bare walls, the wooden pallet, the crucifix at the foot, where the wan light⟳ of the ill-supplied lamp gave a strange ghastliness to the dying agony of the Saviour.”

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