Ghastly - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 05/08/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Ghastly.

5 letter answer(s) to ghastly

AWFUL
  1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
  2. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
  3. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
  4. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
  5. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
  6. offensive or even (of persons) malicious;

10 letter answer(s) to ghastly

CADAVEROUS
  1. like a dead body
  2. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
  3. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

4 letter answer(s) to ghastly

GRIM
  1. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
  2. filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
  3. harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
  4. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

8 letter answer(s) to ghastly

GRUESOME
  1. ghastly
  2. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
HORRIFIC
  1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
  2. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

7 letter answer(s) to ghastly

MACABRE
  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
  2. Sick or Grotesque

3 letter answer(s) to ghastly

WAN
  1. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
  2. a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
  3. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
  4. become pale and sickly
  5. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
  6. Pale

Frequently asked questions about ‘Ghastly’

What's the best solution for Ghastly?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Ghastly is WAN. Other possible answers include AWFUL, CADAVEROUS, GRIM, GRUESOME, HORRIFIC, MACABRE.

How many solutions are there for Ghastly?

We have found 7 possible answers for the crossword clue Ghastly.

Which crosswords feature clues like Ghastly?

Clues like Ghastly often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as Daily Mail Cryptic, The Times Jumbo, The Guardian Cryptic, The Daily Telegraph Daily, The Times Daily, among others.

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Ghastly'

ClueAnswers
Gloomy19
Unpleasant10
Dreadful9
Awful8
Foul8
Weak8
Dismal7
Very bad7
Forbidding6
Shocking6
BAD5
Extremely unpleasant5
Gruesome5
Terrible5
Whitish5
Ashen4
Atrocious4
Blanched4
Gaunt4
Lacking color4
Pale4
Washed-out4
Dour3
Horrible3
Pallid3
Pasty3
Pasty-faced3
Peaked3
Really bad3
Very poor3
Appalling2
Bleak2
Causing horror2
Dire2
Frightful2
Horrendous2
Like ghost stories2
Like some complexions2
Somber2
Worse than bad2
"Unthinkable!"1
Almost from the start, just horrid1
Awful choir off-key imbibing religious instruction by fellow1
Awful short white skirts provid­ed, one under coat of raver1
Bad, as a prognosis1
Beheading sanctioned by legislation is shocking1
Boatman catches a crab - strangely shocking1
Bra came undone, which is ghastly1
Carriage cuts horse in two — it's gruesome1
Carriage cutting horse in two — that's ghastly1

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