Word · Frequency #9722
Fully loadedghastlier
可怕的；恐怖的；骇人的
ghastlier is the comparative of ghastly.
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- 1.
Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
外貌像鬼的；死气沉沉的；苍白的；阴郁的
- 2.
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
令人厌恶；令人恐怖
- 3.
Horrifyingly shocking.
令人震惊的
- 4.
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
可怕地显示死亡或死者
外貌像鬼的；死气沉沉的；苍白的；阴郁的；令人厌恶；令人恐怖；令人震惊的；可怕地显示死亡或死者；可怕的
In use
We heard a ghastly scream from the empty room.
The old house looked ghastly in the rain, with its broken windows.
The second scene of the horror movie was even ghastlier than the first.
ghastly wounds
ghastly shrieks
ghastly + noun
形容词作定语，修饰名词。
The ghastly scene shocked everyone.
那可怕的场景震惊了每个人。
be/look + ghastly
形容词作表语，描述状态。
He looked ghastly after the accident.
事故后他看起来脸色惨白。
Connections
Collocations
- ghastly mistake
- 可怕的错误
- He realized he had made a ghastly mistake by quitting his job.他意识到自己辞职是个可怕的错误。
- ghastly pale
- 惨白的
- She was ghastly pale after hearing the bad news.听到坏消息后，她的脸色惨白。
- ghastly sight
- 恐怖的景象
- The accident scene was a ghastly sight.事故现场是一幅恐怖的景象。
- ghastly grin
- 可怕的笑容
- The clown's ghastly grin frightened the children.小丑可怕的笑容吓坏了孩子们。
- ghastly silence
- 可怕的寂静
- A ghastly silence fell over the room after the announcement.宣布之后，房间里陷入了可怕的寂静。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到鬼魂（ghost）吓得脸色惨白，就是ghastly。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：horror stories、literary descriptions、colloquial expressions of disgust 通常用于正式或文学语境，描述恐怖、死亡，也常见于口语中表示极度不满或糟糕。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words rhyming with ghastly (same stressed vowel and following sounds): lastly, vastly. Spelling lookalikes with different pronunciation: ghostly (oʊ vs æ), beastly (iː vs æ), hastily (eɪ vs æ, and the ending is tily not stly).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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