Ghoulish

Quick meaning: Ghoulish is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to ghouls.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to ghouls.

More Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
2. Fascinated by corpses; morbid.

Example Sentences

Ay, even the droll humour and solidity of Khalid, are shaken, aroused, by the ghoulish greed, the fell inhumanity of these sharpers.

We’ll be neither ghoulish nor squeamish about death; it happens, the chances increase with age, and we need to take the possibility into consideration.

At times it seemed almost an afterthought, during an extended trial subject to ghoulish fascination, that Don Patterson, Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson died terrible deaths.

We had that afternoon dug a grave in the cellar, and would have to fill it by dawn -- for although we had fixed a lock on the house, we wished to shun even the remotest risk of a ghoulish discovery.

Synonyms for ghoulish

Depending on context, synonyms include ghouly, morbid, offensive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include morbid, offensive, macabre, gruesome, gloomy, grim.

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