as in horror
the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay
the ghastliness of the Holocaust can scarcely be described
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghastliness
Noun
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To our minds, Wednesday's horror, those kids who lost a mother, should supplant the inevitable circling of the ideological wagons and the parsing of the different angles of pictures taken at the scene.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026 -
But the harder the novice looks — and the greater the chaos inside them longing for order, even of a diabolical nature — the more clearly the horror will appear.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These satellite images from late October appearing to show bodies in the streets and bloodstains on the ground, gruesome signs of the atrocities visible from space.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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Raymond’s team has been tracking atrocities in Sudan using satellite imagery from NASA and commercial sources.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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On the farthest rung of awfulness, the New York Jets became the first team in NFL history to go an entire season without intercepting a pass.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Jan. 2026
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Hence the modest point spread despite Jets’ awfulness.—
Greg Cote
January 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Ghastliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghastliness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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