ghoul (noun)
1ghoul — ► 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, denoting… …
2ghoul´ish|ness — ghoul|ish «GOO lihsh», adjective. like a ghoul; revolting, brutal, and horrible. –ghoul´ish|ly, adverb. –ghoul´ish|ness, noun …
3ghoul´ish|ly — ghoul|ish «GOO lihsh», adjective. like a ghoul; revolting, brutal, and horrible. –ghoul´ish|ly, adverb. –ghoul´ish|ness, noun …
4ghoul|ish — «GOO lihsh», adjective. like a ghoul; revolting, brutal, and horrible. –ghoul´ish|ly, adverb. –ghoul´ish|ness, noun …
5ghoul — noun Etymology: Arabic ghūl Date: 1786 1. a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses 2. one suggestive of a ghoul; especially one who shows morbid interest in things considered shocking or repulsive • ghoulish adjective •… …
6ghoul — [ gul ] noun count 1. ) an imaginary creature that eats dead people 2. ) someone who is interested in or enjoys unpleasant situations involving death or injury …
7ghoul — noun (C) 1 an evil spirit in stories that takes bodies from graves and eats them 2 someone who gets pleasure from unpleasant things such as accidents that shock other people ghoulish adjective ghoulishness noun (U) …
8ghoul — noun /ɡʊəl/ a) A spirit said to feed on corpses. The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!. b) A graverobber; a person with… …
9ghoul — UK [ɡuːl] / US [ɡul] noun [countable] Word forms ghoul : singular ghoul plural ghouls 1) an imaginary creature that eats dead people 2) someone who is interested in or enjoys unpleasant situations involving death or injury …
10ghoul — [gu:l] 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 C18: from… …
