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1. • Strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous

     • ghoul•ish (go̅o̅′ lish), adj. strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor. showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc.; morbid: ghoulish curiosity. of, pertaining to, or like a ghoul or ghouls.
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   What is a ghoulish person?

   • Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity. ...the ghoulish modern passion for torture. Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul. ...the ghoulish apparitions at the window.

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   What is ghoulish adjective?

   • Definition of ghoulish adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary typical of an evil spirit in stories that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them Want to learn more? (disapproving) too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disaster Definition of ghoulish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What does Ghoul mean?

   • monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor. morbid: ghoulish curiosity. of, pertaining to, or like a ghoul or ghouls. ghoul′ish•ness, n. a legendary demon that robs graves and feeds on corpses. a grave robber. a person thought to resemble a ghoul. ghoul (go̅o̅l), n.

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   What are ghoulish things?

   • Ghoulish things are scary or morbid. A ghoulish sense of humor favors jokes about death and gore. An interest in other people's misfortune could be called ghoulish, and so could a fascination with deadly car accidents or plane crashes. The horrified feeling you might get when you think about death is the essence of something ghoulish.

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   1. Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. [disapproval] [...] 2. Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'ghoulish' British English: guːlɪʃ American English: gulɪʃ. More. Synonyms of 'ghoulish'

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   GHOULISH meaning: 1. ugly and unpleasant, or frightening: 2. connected with death and unpleasant things: 3. ugly…. Learn more.

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   (disapproving) too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disaster. a ghoulish fascination with crime and punishment. Check pronunciation: ghoulish. Definition of ghoulish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   The meaning of GHOULISH is resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a ghoul. How to use ghoulish in a sentence. resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a ghoul; relating to, dealing with, or morbidly delighting in things considered shocking or gruesome…

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   Oct 30, 2019 · Ghoulish literally means “of, relating to, or like a ghoul.” If you know your folklore (and word origins), you won’t be surprised to learn why ghoulish evolved to mean “strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous.”

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   Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing. Wiktionary. Fascinated by corpses. Wiktionary. Synonyms: morbid. satanical. ogreish. infernal. hellish. fiendish. diabolical. devilish. Origin of Ghoulish. ghoul +"Ž -ish. From Wiktionary. Ghoulish Sentence Examples.