ghastly

• adj.ひどく; ぞっとするほど; 衝撃的なほど; 非常に悪い
• adv.ぞっとするほど; ぞっとするほど

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ghastly

ghastly: [14] Despite its similarity in form and sense, ghastly is not related to ghost. It was formed from the Middle English verb gasten ‘terrify’, which may have been a descendant of the Old English verb g?stan ‘torment’ (source of aghast). The spelling with gh-, based on ghost, was first used by the 16th-century poet Edmund Spenser, and in due course caught on generally.
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ghastly (adj.)

c. 1300, gastlich, "inspiring fear or terror, hideous, shocking," with -lich (see -ly (2)) + gast (adj.) "afraid, frightened," past participle of gasten "to frighten," from Old English g?stan "to torment, frighten" (see ghost (n.)). Spelling with gh- developed 16c. from confusion with ghost. Middle English also had gastful in the same sense, but this is now obsolete. Sidney and Shakespeare also used ghastly as an adverb. Related: Ghastliness.

1. He was surrounded by people who fed him ghastly lies.

彼の周りの人はみな彼に恐ろしい嘘を吹き込んでいる。

2.We had a ghastly holiday ; it rained all the time.

私たちの休日は非常に不快で、一日中雨が降っています。

3.When heard the news,his face took on a ghastly expression.

彼はこのニュースを聞いて、顔色が悪くなった。

4.It 's a ghastly murder I ever heard.

それは恐ろしい殺人だと聞いたことがある。

5.The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.

結果は想像にたえない。