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GHASTLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
ghastliness; grimness; gruesomeness; luridness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ghastliness" is a kind of...):
frightfulness (the quality of being frightful)
Derivation:
ghastly (shockingly repellent; inspiring horror)
ghastly (gruesomely indicative of death or the dead)