Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In aghoulish manner; with ghoulish eagerness.

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  • adverb In a ghoulish manner.

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Examples

  • At first, Jane had found him and his officer friends, decked out at dinner each night in their full Nazi regalia, ghoulishly fascinating.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • "It didn't take a tragedy, and then a miracle, to get us excited about this," Sharon Levy, executive VP of original programming at Spike said -- ghoulishly, we think -- in Thursday's announcement.

    Rob Lowe's 'Potomac Fever' gaining reality on E! Lisa de Moraes 2010

  • They asserted that the remains of their loved ones will be "ghoulishly displayed" in the "basement of a museum."

    How to Honor the Lost at Ground Zero Monica Iken 2011

  • While MOCA's über patrons were watching Marina Abramovic regurgitate her signature performance style as ghoulishly disembodied dinner table centerpieces seriously, click that link and tell me you could dine with that, I took in the LA premiere of director Angela Garcia Combs' Nothing Special.

    Mat Gleason: Would Hollywood Tolerate Marina Abramovic Rehash? Mat Gleason 2011

  • At first, Jane had found him and his officer friends, decked out at dinner each night in their full Nazi regalia, ghoulishly fascinating.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • First, they were alerted to a severed head left ghoulishly in a plastic bag.

    Grisly mystery unfolds in Hollywood as severed body parts are found 2012

  • But I've been inured to most security line complaints after nearly 10 years of reading reports about terrorists who tuck bombs into underwear, shoes, and -- most recently and ghoulishly -- children.

    Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right Dan Collins 2011

  • But I've been inured to most security line complaints after nearly 10 years of reading reports about terrorists who tuck bombs into underwear, shoes, and -- most recently and ghoulishly -- children.

    Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right Dan Collins 2011

  • But I've been inured to most security line complaints after nearly 10 years of reading reports about terrorists who tuck bombs into underwear, shoes, and -- most recently and ghoulishly -- children.

    Dan Collins: Fear of Flying: Crazy Right Can't Get It Right Dan Collins 2011

  • While MOCA's über patrons were watching Marina Abramovic regurgitate her signature performance style as ghoulishly disembodied dinner table centerpieces seriously, click that link and tell me you could dine with that, I took in the LA premiere of director Angela Garcia Combs' Nothing Special.

    Mat Gleason: Would Hollywood Tolerate Marina Abramovic Rehash? Mat Gleason 2011

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  • "Like some paprika with that?", said Tom ghoulishly.

    December 12, 2007