What does ghastful mean?
Ghastful means (archaic) Causing fear; terrifying..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying..
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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Ghastful means (archaic) Causing fear; terrifying..
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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.
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