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ghastlinesses

ghastlinesses is the plural of ghastliness.

Meaning of ghastliness

Noun

ghastliness (countable and uncountable, plural ghastlinesses)

  1. 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...
  2. A ghastly thing.

Questions about ghastlinesses

What is ghastlinesses the plural of?
Ghastlinesses is the plural of ghastliness.

Words near ghastlinesses in the dictionary

  1. ghasting
  2. ghastlier
  3. ghastliest
  4. ghastlily
  5. ghastliness
  6. ghastlinesses
  7. ghastly
  8. ghastness
  9. ghasts
  10. ghat
  11. ghatam

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