ghastliness

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His countenance was pale even to ghastliness, and his deep-set eyes glared with unnatural lustre.

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  1. The state or quality of being ghastly; frightful or dreadful aspect; deathlikeness: as, the ghastliness of his appearance. Let ghastlinesse And drery horror dim the chearfull light, To make the image of true heavinesse. Spenser, Daphnaïda, l. 327. What jealous, fearful Pallor doth surprise Thy cheeks, what deadly ghastlyness thine eyes? J. Beaumont, Psyche, xiii. 24. The tree lay along the ground, and was wholly converted into a mass of diseased splendor, which threw a ghastliness around. Hawthorne, Sketches from Memory.

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  • He published a volume of reminiscences which for ghastliness is unsurpassed, for he possessed literary talent, in addition to medical skill. —  In a Walled Garden
  • Is this the first time in the sport's history that ghastliness has been built in to the regulations? —  Telegraph Blogs
  • Unless you just want to help keep this over-rated idol in martinis and cigarettes into her 70s, these moments of ghastliness might be the best reason to part with your money.
  • His countenance was pale even to ghastliness, and his deep-set eyes glared with unnatural lustre. —  The Short-story
  • She saw his face change to very ghastliness, and guilt itself could not have trembled more than the shudder which ran through his frame I was right," she gasped, her passion subdued into cold horror--"you did marry me for my money No answer--not a breath--only an incredulous stare. —  Agatha's Husband A Novel
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