ghoulish

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  • Once they were dead, he painted the women's faces with ghoulish-looking blue paint. —  Four Blind Mice
  • Anna hovered nearby, feeling, in red frock and lipstick, like a ghoulish matron. —  Hunting Season
  • Their appetites are ghoulish, their hunger divine. —  Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
  • I'm not intending to be ghoulish, Mr. Alex. —  In the Presence of the Enemy
  • The pattern for the ghoulish murders so far? —  Violets Are Blue
 

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