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Ghastly

Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.

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Similar meaning 4

Alarming 84% connected

of Alarm

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Alarming 84% connected

of Alarm

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Offensive 84% connected

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Offensive 84% connected

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ghastliness 74% connected

The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ghastliness 74% connected

The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Charnel 92% connected

Containing the bodies of the dead.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Grim 92% connected

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Grisly 92% connected

Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gruesome 92% connected

Ugly; frightful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sepulchral 92% connected

Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sick 92% connected

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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