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PRONUNCIATION OF GHASTLIER

ghastlier  [ˈɡɑːstlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GHASTLIER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ghastlier is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GHASTLIER


amelia
əˈmiːlɪə
Antlia
ˈæntlɪə
Australia
ɒˈstreɪlɪə
cattleya
ˈkætlɪə
clear
klɪə
costlier
ˈkɒstlɪə
courtlier
ˈkɔːtlɪə
earlier
ˈɜːlɪə
familiar
fəˈmɪlɪə
ghostlier
ˈɡəʊstlɪə
Leah
ˈlɪə
leer
lɪə
magnolia
mæɡˈnəʊlɪə
memorabilia
ˌmɛmərəˈbɪlɪə
Mongolia
mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪə
nuclear
ˈnjuːklɪə
saintlier
ˈseɪntlɪə
sightlier
ˈsaɪtlɪə
Somalia
səʊˈmɑːlɪə
unclear
ʌnˈklɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GHASTLIER

gharial
gharri
gharry
ghast
ghastful
ghastfully
ghastliest
ghastliness
ghastly
ghastness
ghat
Ghats
ghaut
ghazal
Ghazali
ghazi

WORDS THAT END LIKE GHASTLIER

Allier
atelier
beastlier
cavalier
chandelier
chevalier
escalier
flier
hotelier
lier
Montpellier
multiplier
outlier
plier
portlier
priestlier
rattlier
sommelier
sprightlier
supplier

Synonyms and antonyms of ghastlier in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GHASTLIER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ghastlier» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ghastlier

Translation of «ghastlier» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GHASTLIER

Find out the translation of ghastlier to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ghastlier from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ghastlier» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ghastlier
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Chistera
570 millions of speakers

English

ghastlier
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ghastlier
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ghastlier
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Жутчайший
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aterrorizador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ghastlier
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Infâme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ghastlier
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gammeligerer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ghastlier
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무시 무시한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ghastlier
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ghastlier
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ghastlier
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थक्क करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ghastlier
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghastlier
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Upiorniejszy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жутчайшая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

socant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ghastlier
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ghastlier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ghastlier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ghastlier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ghastlier

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GHASTLIER»

The term «ghastlier» is used very little and occupies the 160.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GHASTLIER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ghastlier» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ghastlier» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ghastlier

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GHASTLIER»

Discover the use of ghastlier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ghastlier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Living Age
Ghastly is the Dance of Death, Ghastlier tho Dunce of Being — A Masque fantastical and strange To the hearing and the seeing. One man lies on pulpy down, Another lacks a bed ; One man eats and drinks his fill, Another hath not bread.
‎1855
2
The Living Age ...
Ghastly is the Dance of Death, Ghastlier the Dance of Being — A Masque fantastical and strange To the hearing and the seeing. One man lies on pnlpy down, Another lacks a bed ; One man eats and drinks his fill, Another hath not bread.
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1855
3
The Irish orators: a history of Ireland's fight for freedom
... ghastlier than that with which the swarthy Sythian, rushing from the black shores of the Danube, scourged the plains of Lombardy — ghastlier than that through which the fiery Schismatic of Arabia, propagating his dazzling and voluptuous ...
Claude Gernade Bowers, 1916
4
Household Words
Among them, ghastlier than any, was a face that I had kissed a thousand times. It had smiled up at me from the cradle ; it had nestled to me from the knee ; it had looked aside for me from many a book or piece of idle needlework, when it was ...
Charles Dickens, 1854
5
Household Words :
They cry, “ We rot in these dark dens ; " He careth not a tittle : They cry, “ We swoon with toil ; " but he Thinks Ten Honrs' work too little. Ghastly is the Dance of Death, Ghastlier the Dance of Being— A Masque fantastical and strange To the ...
‎1856
6
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
chief, paint it, gild it, bedizen it for a time; but it burns through again at last, and looks the ghastlier for all our gaudy attempts at hiding it. Talk, fancy, hug ourselves as we will, evil is not good, nor can be. He who sees most clearly is mest ...
‎1839
7
Tales of a traveller
It was a moving sight to behold him wasting away day by day ; growing thinner and thinner, and ghastlier and ghastlier, and staring with rueful visage from under an old patchwork counterpane, upon the jury of matrons kindly assembled to sigh  ...
Washington Irving, William Lyon Phelps, 1894
8
Bracebridge Hall ; Tales of a Traveller ; The Alhambra
It was a moving sight to behold him wasting away day by day; growing thinner and thinner and ghastlier and ghastlier, and staring with rueful visage from under an old patchwork counterpane upon the jury of matrons kindly assembled to sigh  ...
Washington Irving, 1991
9
The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations
It was a moving sight to behold him wasting away day by day, growing thinner and thinner and ghastlier and ghastlier, and staring with rueful visage from under an old patchwork counterpane, upon the jury of matrons kindly assembled to sigh  ...
Julian Hawthorne, 2012
10
The Works of Washington Irving...
It was a moving sight to behold him wasting away day by day ; growing thinner and thinner, and ghastlier and ghastlier, and staring with rueful visage from under an old patchwork counterpane, upon the jury of matrons kindly assembled to sigh  ...
Washington Irving, 1881

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GHASTLIER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ghastlier is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hidden joys of cycling to class
What ghastlier journey could there be than the school run? Irritable parent at the wheel, kids squabbling and screeching and tugging at their ... «Isle of Wight County Press, Jul 15»
2
Summer 2015's top reads for toddlers to teens
... sci-fi and romance to superb effect: highly regarded, her work is considered as compelling "and unsettling as Poe's ghastlier moments.". «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
'A Walk in the [Very Scary] Woods' at the MV Playhouse: An old and …
... system of weapons signed away on the dotted line, a new, ghastlier weapon of mutual annihilation will be rolled out, first by one superpower, ... «Martha's Vineyard Times, Jul 15»
4
Asylum seeker boats and truth? That's an operational matter on the …
... huge payments to convenient warlords - all of them at least as nasty and often a deal ghastlier even than people smugglers - in Afghanistan. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
5
'Jurassic World' - Movie Review
... Mosasaur (ghastlier than Miss Rex) reflect 'Deep Blue Sea', coincidentally a cheese-and-corn spectacle about genetically enhanced sharks. «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
6
Israel Festival Review: Julius Caesar- Spared Parts
... the eve of World War I, those four ghastly years of death and destruction that were the genesis of the even ghastlier horrors of World War II. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
7
Bruce Watson's Slice of Life: Dumbing it down with Congress
But since 1990, legislators have gotten cuter on paper, even as they have grown ghastlier in the flesh. Hundreds of bills each year are now ... «GazetteNET, Jun 15»
8
The menace of the last-wicket stand: Come in, No. 11!
It's a classic win double: the batting side feels better and better, while the bowling side feels ghastlier and ghastlier. It's not as if someone has ... «Wisden India, Jun 15»
9
Bruce Watson's Lifestyles: Congress spins with political acronyms
But since 1990, legislators have gotten cuter on paper, even as they have grown ghastlier in the flesh. Hundreds of bills each year are now ... «Amherst Bulletin, Jun 15»
10
Lost River: EW review
It just so happens that he runs an underground burlesque show where patrons hoot and holler for bloody pantomimes inspired by the ghastlier ... «Entertainment Weekly, Apr 15»

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