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.
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Ghoulish — Ghoul ish, a. Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ghoulish — index sinister Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ghoulish — 1840, from GHOUL (Cf. ghoul) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Ghoulishly; ghoulishness … Etymology dictionary
ghoulish — [adj] hideous, scary cruel, demonic, devilish, diabolical, eerie, fiendish, frightening, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, macabre, monstrous, morbid, revolting, spinechilling, spooky, terrifying; concepts 529,548 … New thesaurus
ghoulish — [[t]gu͟ːlɪʃ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity. ...the ghoulish… … English dictionary
ghoulish — ghoulishly, adv. ghoulishness, n. /gooh lish/, adj. 1. strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor. 2. showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc.; morbid: ghoulish curiosity. 3. of, pertaining… … Universalium
ghoulish — ghoul|ish [ gulıʃ ] adjective 1. ) reminding you of death in an unpleasant and frightening way 2. ) getting pleasure from unpleasant situations involving death ╾ ghoulish|ly adverb ╾ ghoul|ish|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ghoulish — ghoul ► NOUN 1) an evil spirit or phantom, especially one supposed to rob graves and feed on dead bodies. 2) a person morbidly interested in death or disaster. DERIVATIVES ghoulish adjective ghoulishly adverb ghoulishness noun. ORIGIN Arabic,… … English terms dictionary
ghoulish — adjective see ghoul … New Collegiate Dictionary
ghoulish — Synonyms and related words: Mephistophelian, abominable, agape, agog, all agog, appalling, astounding, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, bloodthirsty, brutal, burning with curiosity, consumed with curiosity, cruel, curious, cursed,… … Moby Thesaurus
