Home › Words › G › ghastghast/ɡæst/ghast means having a ghastly appearance; weird.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ghast ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.ghast is pronounced /ɡæst/.EtymologyPoetic abbreviation of ghastly. Use as a noun influenced by ghost.adjHaving a ghastly appearance; weird.nounAn evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.e.g.“The cliff-ghast wrenched off the fox's head, and fought his brothers for the entrails.” — 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).