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gashful

gashful adjective: ghastly; hideous; frightful.

Adjective

gashful (comparative more gashful, superlative most gashful)

  1. (obsolete) ghastly; hideous; frightful.
    • gashfull, horrid, meagre, terrible, ugly shape1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant notes upon Don Quixot
    • This premised, up the gashful horror sprang,
      Like a tall pyramid of fire, belch'd from
      The entrails of Hawaiian hills1859, John Delavan Bryant, Redpemtion, A Poem

Forms of gashful

comparativemore gashful
superlativemost gashful

Origin of gashful

From gash + -ful.

Questions about gashful

What does gashful mean?
Gashful means ghastly; hideous; frightful.
What part of speech is gashful?
Gashful is an adjective.

Words near gashful in the dictionary

  1. gashed
  2. gasher
  3. Gasherbrum
  4. gashers
  5. gashes
  6. gashful
  7. Gashgai
  8. Gashi
  9. gashing
  10. gashings
  11. Gashis

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