ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ghastful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Ghastful is an adjective meaning (archaic) Causing fear; terrifying.

Meaning

(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying.

More Meanings

  1. (archaic) Terrified, frightened.

Example Sentences

Very desolate was that valley, having a dark aspect and a ghastful, such as a man might look for in the infernal glens of Pyriphlegethon or Acheron.
Th' Almighty anſwers — "I my ſelf will place "The dreadful Stains of Murther on the Face, "That all may ſhun thy Crimes and Fate. — He ſaid, The Caitiff heard, with ghaſtful Looks he fled.

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Related dictionary entries include gastful, fearful, ghast, hair-raising, ghostly, hairy.

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