ghast

[ gast, gahst ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. ghastly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghast¹

1350–1400; Middle English gast afraid, originally past participle of gasten gast; aghast

Example Sentences

‘A greater battle than the last one, even. Fine feasting for all of us. These will be days of pleasure and plenty for every ghast in every world.’

From Literature

Now, you can imagine how I listened hard to hear more about this Æsahættr, but all I could hear over the howling of the wind was a young ghast asking, ‘If Lord Asriel needs Æsahættr, why doesn’t he call him?’

From Literature

“And the old ghast said, ‘Lord Asriel knows no more about Æsahættr than you do, child!

From Literature

Mac: So in “Hide,” the Doctor and Clara arrive in 1974 at Caliburn House, a country manor that's been the site of hauntings—even before it was built—by the “Caliburn ghast,” a spectral woman who always appears in the same beseeching position.

From Slate

“Oh, Mistress Broadbent, what a ghast I’ve gotten!”

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