deathly β If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
pallid β pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
wan β of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
white β of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
appalling β Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
cadaverous β If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
defunctive β of or relating to the dead; funereal.
dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
gaunt β extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
gruesome β causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
haggard β having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
macabre β gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
pale β light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
wasted β not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents.
horrifying β to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
awful β If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
frightening β to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
frightful β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
ghoulish β strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
livid β having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
loathsome β causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.