Definition of "ghastful" []

• Fit to make one aghast; dismal. (adjective)

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• "And he maketh a ruthful noise and ghastful, when one proffereth to fight with another: and unneth is hurt when he is thrown down off an high place."
• "He had carried his chair to a corner of the room, and there he sat, his face half-hidden, resting upon his breast, his knee drawn up and pressed tightly by his clasped hands -- those very hands, small and marble-white, forming a ghastful contrast to the raven hair that fell thickly on his back."
• "Trevisa has invented an adjective for us that expresses the midnight caterwaul -- "ghastful.""