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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for ghoulish

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