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ghastness

/ˈɡæs(t)nəs/

ghastness noun: amazement; terror; fright; fear.

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...

Forms of ghastness

alternative formgastness

Origin of ghastness

From Middle English gastnes, gastnesse, from gast, past participle of gasten (“to terrify”), equivalent to ghast + -ness.

Questions about ghastness

What does ghastness mean?
Ghastness means amazement; terror; fright; fear.
What part of speech is ghastness?
Ghastness is a noun.
How do you pronounce ghastness?
Ghastness is pronounced /ˈɡæs(t)nəs/.

Words near ghastness in the dictionary

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

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