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   Ghoul·ish

   /ˈɡo͞oliSH/

   

   adjective

   • 1. resembling or characteristic of a ghoul: "a ghoulish mask" Similar macabregrislygruesomegrotesqueghastlymorbidunhealthyperverteddeath-obsessedmorbidblackhorribleunwholesomerevoltinginformal:sick
   • 2. morbidly interested in death or disaster: "she told the story with ghoulish relish"

   Derivatives

   • 1. ghoulishly adverb
   • 2. ghoulishness noun

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   What does ghoulish mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. GHOULISH meaning: 1. ugly and unpleasant, or frightening: 2. connected with death and unpleasant things: 3. ugly….

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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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   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 makes a person ghoulish?

   • 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. This adjective comes from ghoul, "an evil spirit," from the Arabic ġūl, a mythological corpse-eating demon.

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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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   May 3, 2024 · 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.

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   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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   Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.

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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective ghoulish. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Ghoulish definition: Of or pertaining to <a>ghouls</a>.

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   ghoulish. adjective. These are words and phrases related to ghoulish. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of ghoulish. Someone with a ghoulish sense of humor turned out the lights. Synonyms. macabre. weird. eerie. scary. sinister. diabolic. hellish. infernal. satanic. fiendish. monstrous. demonic.