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gastness

gastness is the obsolete spelling of ghastness.

Meaning of ghastness

Noun

ghastness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Amazement; terror; fright; fear.
    • Look you pale, mistress?―Do you perceive the ghastness of her eye?c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about gastness

What is gastness the obsolete spelling of?
Gastness is the obsolete spelling of ghastness.

Words near gastness in the dictionary

  1. gastightness
  2. Gastineau
  3. Gastineaus
  4. gasting
  5. gastly
  6. gastness
  7. gaston
  8. Gaston County
  9. gastoned
  10. Gastonia
  11. gastoning

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