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GHOULISH definition: 1. ugly and unpleasant, or frightening: 2. connected with death and unpleasant things: 3. ugly…. Learn more.
How to use ghoulish in a sentence. resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a ghoul; relating to, dealing with, or morbidly delighting in things considered shocking or gruesome… See the full definition
Ghoulish things are scary or morbid. A ghoulish sense of humor favors jokes about death and gore. An interest in other people's misfortune could be called ghoulish, and so could a fascination with deadly car accidents or plane crashes.
Ghoulish definition: strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous. See examples of GHOULISH used in a sentence.
(disapproving) too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disaster. a ghoulish fascination with crime and punishment. Check pronunciation: ghoulish. Definition of ghoulish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. [ disapproval ] They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
1. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. 2. In popular folklore, an undead or subhuman being, especially one that eats human flesh. 3. A grave robber. 4. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. [Arabic ġūl, from ġāla, to seize, snatch; see ġwl in Semitic roots .] ghoul′ish adj.
Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.
Ghoulish definition: Of or pertaining to <a>ghouls</a>.
Synonyms for GHOULISH: ghostly, spectral, ghastly, eerie, spooky, haunting, creepy, ghostlike; Antonyms of GHOULISH: normal, usual, common, ordinary, typical, routine, everyday, natural
