Ghastly
Crossword Clue & Answers

26 September 2022
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 75 answers for the crossword clue 'Ghastly', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Ghastly a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Ghastly as an answer itself some 35 times.

Ghastly is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 with the answer being LURID, we also found LURID to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 14 Dec 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 19 Apr 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 27 Feb 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 15 Jan 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 19 Nov 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 20 Apr 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 21 Jan 2020
• The Daily Mail Quick - 1 Dec 2019
• The Guardian Quick - 12 Jun 2019

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Ghastly', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Ghastly' and give you a hint.

• Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
• Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

DIM

WAN
A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network

4 Letters

GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

PALE

SICK
Deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"

WEAK

WORN

5 Letters

AWFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

FAINT

GAUNT

LIGHT

LIVID

LURID
Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"

SCARY

WEIRD

WHITE

6 Letters

ANEMIC

DISMAL

ENDING

GLOOMY

GRISLY
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

HORRID
Exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

MORBID

PALLID

SPOOKY

WASTED

7 Letters

ABYSMAL

BEASTLY

BIZARRE

CHARNEL
A vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

DEATHLY

DIREFUL

FEARFUL

GHOSTLY

HAGGARD

HIDEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

MACABRE
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

UNCANNY

8 Letters

DREADFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

FUNEREAL

GRUESOME
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

HOPELESS

HORRIBLE
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

HORRIFIC
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

MORTUARY

SHOCKING
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"

SPECTRAL

TERRIBLE

9 Letters

ABHORRENT

APPALLING

BLOODLESS

COLORLESS

DEATHLIKE

FRIGHTFUL
Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

INSULTING

LOATHSOME

OFFENSIVE

REPELLENT

REPULSIVE

SICKENING

UNEARTHLY

UNNATURAL

10 Letters

CADAVEROUS
Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"

CORPSELIKE

DEFUNCTIVE

DISGUSTING

HORRIFYING

OUTRAGEOUS

SEPULCHRAL
Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"

TERRIFYING

UNPLEASANT

WRAITHLIKE

11 Letters

FRIGHTENING

NAUSEATING

12 Letters

SUPERNATURAL