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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : goo-lish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgu lɪʃ |
Definition of ghoulish
Origin :- 1840, from ghoul + -ish. Related: Ghoulishly; ghoulishness.
- adj hideous, scary
- It is ghoulish work, but they have become as matter of fact as can be.
- Extract from : « The Challenge of the Dead » by Stephen Graham
- The appearance of the whole thing was repulsive, ghastly, ghoulish.
- Extract from : « The Devil-Tree of El Dorado » by Frank Aubrey
- The Recoleta is a strange cemetery, bizarre, ghoulish, tawdry.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Argentine » by John Foster Fraser
- The wasp, in trembling, ghoulish ecstasy, devoured it as it appeared.
- Extract from : « The Forgotten Planet » by Murray Leinster
- His spirit was too lofty to exist in this blood-soaked hell of ghoulish czars.
- Extract from : « Comrade Kropotkin » by Victor Robinson
- That despairing effort gave the miller a ghoulish satisfaction.
- Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Louis Tracy
- It was simple, if ghoulish, for he merely did his best to imitate a would-be suicide.
- Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
- Miss Earle retorted inelegantly, and with ghoulish satisfaction.
- Extract from : « Murder at Bridge » by Anne Austin
- This ghoulish dance does not lack its element of ghastly ceremonial.
- Extract from : « Raemaekers' Cartoons » by Louis Raemaekers
- No; only ghoulish gabble; the mere murky mouthings of a meagre mind.
- Extract from : « The Younger Set » by Robert W. Chambers
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