Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Natural to or resembling a ghoul: as, ghoulish delight.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to ghouls.
- adj. Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
- adj. Fascinated with corpses.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay
Etymologies
- ghoul + -ish (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But Halloween is not just for the famous -- New Yorkers all around town were walking the streets in ghoulish getups all weekend long.”
The Huffington Post: Heidi Klum Robot, Hebrew Terry Richardson: Halloween Pics From Around The City
“There is a certain ghoulish fascination with events like this.”
Waldo Jaquith - TV executives debate broadcasting execution footage.
“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 ..”
“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
“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.”
“Scotland Yard boss Sir Paul Stephenson labelled ghoulish tributes as "extraordinarily disappointing".”
“Save the hard lights for Halloween time, when calling your ghoulish friends.”
“And while it seems kind of ghoulish to be looking for new homes for orphan titles, one does what one feels one must, you know?”
“It seems kind of ghoulish to say, [but] why not take advantage of this situation and replace retiring teachers with really topnotch graduates and people who have experience in another industry?" he says.”
“If you woke up one morning and discovered you were now a ghoulish otherworldy creature, what kind of ghoulish otherworldly creature would you be? a. Zombie”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ghoulish’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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macabre
words associated with the macabre & horror.
( open list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.co...ghastly, grisly, culeus, silly, gruesome, horrid, morbid, angelic, shocking, hideous, ghoulish, frightful and 135 more...
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Darkness of Mind
fiend, lurid, phantom, macabre, rotten, ghastly, sallow, ghoulish, pallid, crooked, wan, congeal and 5 more...
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words
my words. my mind. my gosh.
try not to enjoy it too much.git, ghoti, sauce, quail, querulous, quarrelsome, reliability, untoward, incongruities, fission, fanatic, apple and 206 more...
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Words I'd Like to Use Someday
thundersnow, phantasmagoria, mercurial, chimerical, taciturn, paraclete, lapis lazuli, flay, guttersnipe, wonky, misanthrope, kestrel and 583 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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Resource
katabatic, clerestory, haslet, alpenglow, purl, scumble, jessant, spavined, wayworn, creach, dottle, solferino and 165 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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miscellany
preposterous, minimalism, outnumbered, subroutine, malinger, oddity, eccentricity, laughable, oxymoronic, interstellar, winter, heedless and 335 more...
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Words of the Cthulhu Mythos
Words found in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft or his circle of friends and imitators.
azathoth, hastur, shoggoth, fungoid, outre, decadent, ulthar, r'lyeh, miskatonic, necronomicon, shambler, cthulhu and 32 more...
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GRE G
Gibe, Gamut, Geniality, Garrulous, Grimace, gussy, gnomic, garbled, gnash, gaga, ghoulish, glum and 16 more...
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Plain Delicious
ghoulish, nonce word, lush, fecundity, contrapuntal, percolate, indubitably
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