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Synonyms for ghoul
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gool |
| Phonetic Transcription : gul |
Définition of ghoul
Origin :- 1786, in the English translation of Beckford's "Vathek," from Arabic ghul, an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on corpses, from ghala "he seized."
- noun evil demon
- He was a sottish-looking fellow, and there was something of the glare of a ghoul in his eyes.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- It is a ghoul, it haunts his dreams, this image, with its hateful conclusions.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- It was the physiognomy of what I should fancy a ghoul might be.
- Extract from : « A Stable for Nightmares » by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- But then he was such a worthless vagabond, a ghoul who had robbed a dead body.
- Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
- We go to ashes at once, and leave no corpse for a ghoul to inhabit and make a vampire of.
- Extract from : « Robert Falconer » by George MacDonald
- He had no way of knowing in which direction the ghoul had dragged him.
- Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
- Like a ghoul he smacked his lips at the memory of those repasts.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
- At this the ghoul was angered, and I thought that he would have done me some bodily violence.
- Extract from : « The Fantasy Fan January 1934 » by Various
- I heard Felix reproaching her with a ghoul's dinner of a grain of rice.'
- Extract from : « The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2) » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- And such a feast as the unconscious Hapsburg afforded the ghoul of a priest!
- Extract from : « The Missourian » by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Antonyms for ghoul
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