"In 2008, the Ethiopian government banned its citizens from traveling for work purposes to Lebanon, in an attempt to curb ghastly numbers of deaths of its citizens there. \u2014 Zecharias Zelalem, Quartz Africa , 21 May 2020",
"And as many states demand a balanced budget and have outlawed deficit spending, the forthcoming 2021 budgets are likely to be a ghastly sight absent serious federal relief. \u2014 Nick Martin, The New Republic , 13 May 2020",
"There are vivid and ghastly descriptions of hemorrhagic shock, social disorder and brutality. \u2014 Douglas Preston, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
"As for pitching, the team\u2019s ERA stood at 5.73, inflated by ghastly numbers from several members on the staff. \u2014 George M. Thomas, Cincinnati.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Also, LaMelo\u2019s brother Lonzo has completely re-engineered his ghastly 3-point shooting stroke, which is no easy feat and might indicate that the family is getting really good basketball advice somewhere. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 14 Mar. 2020",
"The 42-year-old Newman was involved in a ghastly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday night and everyone feared the worst. \u2014 Mark Long, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The ghastly prospect that the coronavirus outbreak could become the first truly disruptive pandemic of the globalization era is renewing doubts over the stability of the world economy. \u2014 Craig Stirling, Time , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Videos shared on Twitter show ghastly scenes in which people infected with the virus simply collapse in the street as doctors wearing hazmat suits tend to the illness. \u2014 Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner , 30 Jan. 2020"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ghastly ghastly , grisly , gruesome , macabre , lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ghastly suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts. a ghastly accident grisly and gruesome suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty. an unusually grisly murder suffered a gruesome death macabre implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death. a macabre tale of premature burial lurid adds to gruesome the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder. the lurid details of a crime",
"In 2008, the Ethiopian government banned its citizens from traveling for work purposes to Lebanon, in an attempt to curb ghastly numbers of deaths of its citizens there. \u2014 Zecharias Zelalem, Quartz Africa , 21 May 2020",
"And as many states demand a balanced budget and have outlawed deficit spending, the forthcoming 2021 budgets are likely to be a ghastly sight absent serious federal relief. \u2014 Nick Martin, The New Republic , 13 May 2020",
"There are vivid and ghastly descriptions of hemorrhagic shock, social disorder and brutality. \u2014 Douglas Preston, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
"As for pitching, the team\u2019s ERA stood at 5.73, inflated by ghastly numbers from several members on the staff. \u2014 George M. Thomas, Cincinnati.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Also, LaMelo\u2019s brother Lonzo has completely re-engineered his ghastly 3-point shooting stroke, which is no easy feat and might indicate that the family is getting really good basketball advice somewhere. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 14 Mar. 2020",
"The 42-year-old Newman was involved in a ghastly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday night and everyone feared the worst. \u2014 Mark Long, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The ghastly prospect that the coronavirus outbreak could become the first truly disruptive pandemic of the globalization era is renewing doubts over the stability of the world economy. \u2014 Craig Stirling, Time , 25 Feb. 2020",
"Videos shared on Twitter show ghastly scenes in which people infected with the virus simply collapse in the street as doctors wearing hazmat suits tend to the illness. \u2014 Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner , 30 Jan. 2020"
"Middle English gastly , from gasten to terrify \u2014 more at gast":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gast-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ghastly ghastly , grisly , gruesome , macabre , lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ghastly suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts. a ghastly accident grisly and gruesome suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty. an unusually grisly murder suffered a gruesome death macabre implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death. a macabre tale of premature burial lurid adds to gruesome the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder. the lurid details of a crime",
": to cut off all contact with (someone) abruptly and usually without explanation : to subject (someone, such as a former romantic partner) to ghosting \u2014 see ghosting sense 2":[
"No one wants to be ghosted , mostly because it sucks to admit that the person you gushed about last week is now pretending you don't exist \u2026",
"looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween",
"Verb",
"She ghosted the mayor's autobiography.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That same month, that individual allegedly used a ghost gun in a triple shooting that killed one person and injured two others in the Bronx. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"The police found 25,390 rounds of ammunition in the house, as well as ghost gun kits for AR-15s; one was already operable. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Responding officers found a 16-year-old ninth grader outside of the school, located in the 7000 block of Adelphi Road, and recovered a Polymer80 ghost gun in the student\u2019s possession, police said. \u2014 Clarence Williams, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Garner allegedly fired toward the brawl and was armed with a ghost gun, police said. \u2014 Fox News , 9 June 2022",
"The gun used by Garner was a ghost gun with an extended magazine, according to Pescatore. \u2014 Jordan Freiman, CBS News , 7 June 2022",
"While detaining the suspect, detectives found a loaded ghost gun \u2014 firearms with no serial number that are often assembled by hand from prepackaged parts \u2014 in his waistband and methamphetamine in his vehicle, police officials said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"But the amounts jumped up to $200 for a working ghost gun, known as unregistered and untraceable firearms that can be made with a 3D printer or assembled at home using a kit. \u2014 Marissa Evansstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
"Three New Milford High School students, one a juvenile, face charges after a bathroom brawl Tuesday morning led to the discovery of a ghost gun on school property, prompting a lockdown, police said. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, Hartford Courant , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In season 3, Min finally gets to play a living character who interacts with the people around him \u2014 as opposed to ghost Ben, who could really only talk to his medium brother Klaus (Robert Sheehan). \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Hopefully, the aliens don't ghost us this time around. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 6 May 2022",
"These friends, finally, were wrong to ghost you instead of having the courage to approach your wife, kindly and discreetly. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Your initial instinct for ending a casual relationship might be to ghost them. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Janine Ilsley, an integrative therapist and licensed master social worker, says people ghost for a variety of reasons. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2022",
"That launch event is currently scheduled for February 8, assuming Samsung doesn't ghost everyone again. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The pandemic gave rise to ghost kitchens, the poetic name for restaurants that exist only for takeout and delivery. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Dec. 2021",
"To help ghost hunters achieve their goals, Travelocity shared seven of its most haunted U.S. hotels with Travel + Leisure. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gost, gast , from Old English g\u0101st ; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit he\u1e0da anger":"Noun and Verb"
"in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pair with a ghoul ash or penne pasta and fried veggies. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Christina Ricci \u2014 who was basically the It Girl of vintage ghoul movies as a kid \u2014 stars as Kathleen Harvey, the daughter of ghost therapist Dr. James Harvey. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Descartes\u2019s vision of the self as an immaterial ghost inside a biological machine has long been out of fashion, Ms. Arikha notes, but his ghoul still haunts our thinking. \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"Steve Appleford interviewed front- ghoul Tobias Forge, a.k.a. Papa Emeritus IV, for The Times. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Its page was topped with the image of a child ghoul , her eyes ringed in black, a mud-encrusted finger pressed to her lips. \u2014 Elizabeth Williamson, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Vladimir Putin, for instance, can be an imperialist ghoul who started a 170,000-troop pissing contest along Russia and its allies\u2019 borders with Ukraine. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Cut to Rudd officiating a wedding between Rogen and Janet, the ghoul , who levitates during the hora. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Trailers for the eight-episode series suggest a monster horror show, but the slow-building, addictive hour-long drama is smarter than your average ghoul fest. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
"a tale of a decrepit mansion haunted by a gallery of ghoulies",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ghosties and ghoulies and Stephen King beasties: TV has become a hellscape of our literal and metaphorical fears. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 27 Oct. 2019"
": relating to, dealing with, or morbidly delighting in things considered shocking or gruesome":[
"ghoulish thoughts",
"ghoulish humor",
"\u2026 the grieving family asked for his help in a rather ghoulish affair.",
"\u2014 Behn Cervantes",
"\u2026 his photographs present the aftermath of battles somewhat in the manner of ghoulish still lifes \u2026",
"\u2014 Naomi Rosenblum",
"Annie was a fine, strapping girl, and was evidently labouring under intense excitement, mingled with a certain ghoulish enjoyment of the tragedy.",
"\u2014 Agatha Christie",
"\u2026 he offers the reader a deliciously ghoulish potted history of absurd burial techniques.",
"\u2014 Lawrence Osborne"
],
": resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a ghoul":[
"a ghoulish appearance",
"I knew not at what moment I might plunge headlong into some terrible pit or meet with some of the ghoulish creatures that inhabit these lower worlds \u2026",
"\u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs",
"Many of their sculptures depict the ghoulish spirits \u2026 and their paternal leader, Baron Samedi, the lord of death, decay and grotesque eroticism.",
": a small, extremely hot chili pepper of southern Asia that is a hybrid between two species ( Capsicum chinensis and Capsicum frutescens )":[
"\u2026 the aforementioned potstickers come with a lethal house-made sauce of habaneros and ghost peppers (I managed one tiny spoonful before my tongue went numb).",
"\u2014 Phil Vettel",
"Ghost pepper , a name for the bhut jolokia grown mainly in northeast India, is so powerful that the Indian military announced earlier this year that it was going to \"weaponize\" the peppers for hand grenades.",
"\u2014 Florence Fabricant"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"translation of a presumed Assamese compound noun bh\u00fct-zolokiya":""
