Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Natural to or resembling a ghoul: as, ghoulish delight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
ghouls . - adjective Of or pertaining to
corpses andgraverobbing . - adjective
Fascinated withcorpses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggesting the horror of death and decay
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Halloween is not just for the famous -- New Yorkers all around town were walking the streets in ghoulish getups all weekend long.
Heidi Klum Robot, Hebrew Terry Richardson: Halloween Pics From Around The City Jonah Green 2010
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But Halloween is not just for the famous -- New Yorkers all around town were walking the streets in ghoulish getups all weekend long.
Heidi Klum Robot, Hebrew Terry Richardson: Halloween Pics From Around The City The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But Halloween is not just for the famous -- New Yorkers all around town were walking the streets in ghoulish getups all weekend long.
Heidi Klum Robot, Hebrew Terry Richardson: Halloween Pics From Around The City The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But Halloween is not just for the famous -- New Yorkers all around town were walking the streets in ghoulish getups all weekend long.
Heidi Klum Robot, Hebrew Terry Richardson: Halloween Pics From Around The City Jonah Green 2010
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There is a certain ghoulish fascination with events like this.
Waldo Jaquith - TV executives debate broadcasting execution footage. 2006
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He said any talk right now of replacing Senator Johnson or the shift of power, the balance in power going from Democrats to Republicans, is "ghoulish" -- Lou ..
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Call me macabre, but wouldn’t owning a ‘Comstock Collection’ item, hold a certain ghoulish cache, at least for some?
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Call me macabre, but wouldn’t owning a ‘Comstock Collection’ item, hold a certain ghoulish cache, at least for some?
A signed First of Lord of the Flies on the floor close by his bullet-riddled body 2009
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But some found the idea ghoulish, and others objected to the notion that a terrorist could conceivably profit by carrying out an attack, and the research was halted.
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But some found the idea ghoulish, and others objected to the notion that a terrorist could conceivably profit by carrying out an attack, and the research was halted.
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February 16, 2010