ghastliness
ghastliness noun: the state of being ghastly.
Noun
ghastliness (countable and uncountable, plural ghastlinesses)
- The state of being ghastly.
- In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie...
- Francesca felt oppressed as she gazed on the bare walls, the wooden pallet, the crucifix at the foot, where the wan light of the ill-supplied lamp gave a strange ghastliness to the dying agony of the Saviour.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 184
- A ghastly thing.
ghastliness meaning in Urdu
ghastliness in Urdu
- بھیانک پن, خوفناکی, تیرگی
Forms of ghastliness
| plural | ghastlinesses |
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Origin of ghastliness
From ghastly + -ness.
Questions about ghastliness
- What does ghastliness mean?
- Ghastliness means the state of being ghastly.
- What is ghastliness in Urdu?
- Ghastliness in Urdu is بھیانک پن, خوفناکی, تیرگی. See Ghastliness meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is ghastliness?
- Ghastliness is a noun.
- What is the plural of ghastliness?
- The plural of ghastliness is ghastlinesses.
Words near ghastliness in the dictionary
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