gashful

1. (obsolete) ghastly; hideous; frightful.Examples: "gashfull, horrid, meagre, terrible, ugly shape"; "This premised, up the gashful horror sprang, Like a tall pyramid of fire, belch'd from The entrails of Hawaiian hills"; "a gashful sight met our gaze! There was that poor woman stretched out on the kitchen floor, her face covered with blood, where she'd fainted, and hit her forehead against the sharp edge of the table"obsolete