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Definition of Ghastful
1. a. Fit to make one aghast; dismal.
Definition of Ghastful
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Fit to make one aghast; dismal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ghastful
1. frightful [adj] - See also: frightful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghastful
Literary usage of Ghastful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... Nor feet of any fugitive durst approach : Nor, in that soil, is heard man's
living voice ; But booms the owl, wolves ghastful yell, by night, And there, ..."
2. Critical Essays of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1725 by Willard Higley Durham (1915)
"The fix'd Foundations of the World display'd, Display'd the ghastful Caverns of
the Deep, A Sight that blasted ev'n the World's great Eye, ..."
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