Vocabulary
Ghastly
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing great horror or fear.
Urdu meaning
بھیانک، وحشت ناک، خوفناک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This ghastly outcome, barely imaginable to women in urban Punjab, looms large for most women in unhappy marriages in Balochistan she must give up her children, or rather, they are forcefully taken from her by the husband`s family.
- The fact that he has decided to call out the military in Los Angeles, forcing troops trained to kill to crack down on unarmed protesters, creates a ghastly image of the downfall of America that is visible to all but Trump.
- Should Britons then campaign to have the crypt of Henry VIII blown up for his ghastly abuse and murder of the hapless women he married?
- In a media interaction last week, Dr Raghib Naeemi said certain religious outfits were manipulating Islamic laws as per their liking, while condemning the ghastly trend of mob justice in cases of reported sacrilege.
- A FULL investigation is in order to identify and punish the culprits involved in Thursday`s ghastly attack targeting a school van in Punjab`s Attock district.
Synonyms
terrible, frightful, horrible, grim, awful, dire, frightening, terrifying, horrifying
Antonyms
pleasant, trivial, excusable
Curator example
“one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed”
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