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Search phrase: ghastly

Plays

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Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.193Why then, let grievous, ghastly, gaping woundswhy then let grieuous, gastly, gaping Wounds,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.170Staring full ghastly like a strangled man;Staring full gastly, like a strangled man:
Julius CaesarJC I.iii.23Upon a heap a hundred ghastly women,Vpon a heape, a hundred gastly Women,
King Edward IIIE3 IV.v.27Which is so ghastly printed in thy face.Which is so gastly printed in thy face,
Richard IIIR3 III.v.8Intending deep suspicion, ghastly looksIntending deepe suspition, gastly Lookes
The TempestTem II.i.314.1Wherefore this ghastly looking?Wherefore this ghastly looking?

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.451 That thinks she hath beheld some ghastly sprite, That thinkes shee hath beheld some gastlie sprite,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.971 Let ghastly shadows his lewd eyes affright, Let gastly shadowes his lewd eyes affright,
SonnetsSonn.27.11 Which like a jewel (hung in ghastly night) Which like a iewell (hunge in gastly night)

Glossary

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ghastlyterrifying, terrible, deathly
ghastlyfull of fear, frightened
grislygrim, ghastly, menacing

Thesaurus

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ghastlygrisly

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AGHASTBASICsee GHASTLY
GHASTLYBASICaghast adj, ghastly adj

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