dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gha_MW.json

{
  "GHA":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Greenwich hour angle":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181925",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ]
  },
  "ghastliness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": filled with fear":[],
      ": intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable":[
        "such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility",
        "\u2014 Aldous Huxley"
      ],
      ": resembling a ghost":[],
      ": terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening":[
        "a ghastly crime"
      ],
      ": very great":[
        "a ghastly mistake"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "You're making a ghastly mistake.",
      "His room was a ghastly mess.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "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",
    "synonyms":[
      "appalling",
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "dreadful",
      "frightful",
      "grisly",
      "gruesome",
      "grewsome",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "horrific",
      "horrifying",
      "lurid",
      "macabre",
      "monstrous",
      "nightmare",
      "nightmarish",
      "shocking",
      "terrible",
      "terrific"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093729",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ghastly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": filled with fear":[],
      ": intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable":[
        "such a life seems ghastly in its emptiness and sterility",
        "\u2014 Aldous Huxley"
      ],
      ": resembling a ghost":[],
      ": terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening":[
        "a ghastly crime"
      ],
      ": very great":[
        "a ghastly mistake"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "You're making a ghastly mistake.",
      "His room was a ghastly mess.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "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"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "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",
    "synonyms":[
      "appalling",
      "atrocious",
      "awful",
      "dreadful",
      "frightful",
      "grisly",
      "gruesome",
      "grewsome",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "horrific",
      "horrifying",
      "lurid",
      "macabre",
      "monstrous",
      "nightmare",
      "nightmarish",
      "shocking",
      "terrible",
      "terrific"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081922",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}