How do you pronounce ghastliness?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈæstlinəs/.

ghastliness

/ɡˈæstlinəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

"In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]"
"Francesca felt oppressed as she gazed on the bare walls, the wooden pallet, the crucifix at the foot, where the wan light of the ill-supplied lamp gave a strange ghastliness to the dying agony of the Saviour."

ghastlinesses (plural)

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