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ghoulish

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ghoul⋅ish

  [goo-lish]
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–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, pertaining to, or like a ghoul or ghouls.
Origin:
1835–45; ghoul + -ish

Related forms:
ghoul⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
ghoul⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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ghoul   (gōōl)   
n.  

  1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.

  2. A grave robber.

  3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.


[Arabic ġūl, from ġāla, to seize, snatch; see ġwl in Semitic roots.]
ghoul'ish adj., ghoul'ish·ly adv., ghoul'ish·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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