ghast
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Variation of gast, from Middle English gasten, from Old English gāstan (“to meditate”) and gǣstan (“to gast, frighten, afflict, torment”). More at gast. Spelling influenced by ghost.
Verb[edit]
ghast (third-person singular simple present ghasts, present participle ghasting, simple past and past participle ghasted)
- Alternative form of gast
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Poetic abbreviation of ghastly. Use as a noun influenced by ghost.
Adjective[edit]
ghast (comparative more ghast, superlative most ghast)
Translations[edit]
ghastly, weird
Noun[edit]
ghast (plural ghasts)
- (fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.
- 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:
- The cliff-ghast wrenched off the fox's head, and fought his brothers for the entrails.
- 2007, Ian Irvine, Runcible Jones & the Buried City:
- The most powerful of all undead creatures, ghasts feed on ghosts, dead souls and, most especially, live ones. They want to take over Iltior and set up a ghast empire.