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ghoulish

English

Etymology

From ghoul +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??u?l??/

Adjective

ghoulish (comparative more ghoulish, superlative most ghoulish)

  1. Of or pertaining to ghouls.
  2. Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
    • 1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator
      We had that afternoon dug a grave in the cellar, and would have to fill it by dawn -- for although we had fixed a lock on the house, we wished to shun even the remotest risk of a ghoulish discovery.
  3. Fascinated by corpses.

Translations

See also

  • ghastly
  • macabre

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ghoulishly

English

Etymology

ghoulish +? -ly

Adverb

ghoulishly (comparative more ghoulishly, superlative most ghoulishly)

  1. In a ghoulish manner.

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