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   • Get a quick, free translation! © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024 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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     ghoulish definicja: 1. ugly and unpleasant, or frightening:...

   • Translation to Mandarin Chinese

     ghoulish translations: 丑恶的；令人憎恶的；可怕的, 有关死亡的；恐怖的. Learn more...

   • Translation to Traditional Chinese

     ghoulish translations: 醜惡的；令人憎惡的；可怕的, 有關死亡的；恐怖的. 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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   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.

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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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   What does the adjective ghoulish mean? 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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   May 20, 2024 · 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.

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   Ghoulish refers to something strangely diabolical or cruel, typically showing fascination with death, disease, or other disturbing subjects. It's often associated with characteristics or behaviors reminiscent of a ghoul - a legendary evil being in folklore that robs graves and feeds on corpses.