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ghoulish

[ goo-lish ]

adjective

  1. strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous:

    a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.

  2. showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc.; morbid:

    ghoulish curiosity.

  3. of, relating to, or like a ghoul or ghouls.


ˈghoulish

/ ˈɡuːlɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to ghouls; morbid or disgusting; unhealthily interested in death


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Derived Forms

  • ˈghoulishness, noun
  • ˈghoulishly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • ghoulish·ly adverb
  • ghoulish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ghoulish1

First recorded in 1835–45; ghoul + -ish 1

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Example Sentences

And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.

Yesterday afternoon, the "NRA Women" Twitter account sent out a simple and yet ghoulish message to its followers.

Other attempts to bring cult favorites back from the dead have had more ghoulish results.

Typical of most old cemeteries, eerie carved-stone Angels of Death and other ghoulish figures adorn many of the tombstones.

They cast a ghoulish light on this roughly 8-by-10-foot room, where the family of eight struggles to survive.

Such was their appearance; mournful, ghoulish, yet human and warm in a repressed, frustrated way.

So he had devised a ghoulish and crafty punishment, which, the more he pondered it, the more subtle and effective did it appear.

To French readers this scene may seem a ghoulish farce: English humour accepts it from Norwegian humour without demur.

Seen as I had seen it, it was a ghoulish-looking place—as weird as a Paris catacomb—but then daylight makes all the difference.

So once again the phantom rider had brought its grisly message—played its ghoulish rôle.

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