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ghoulish

(guːlɪʃ)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies.
[disapproval]
They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
...the ghoulish modern passion for torture.
Synonyms: macabre, sick [informal], disgusting, hideous More Synonyms of ghoulish
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul.
...the ghoulish apparitions at the window.

ghoulish in British English

(ˈɡuːlɪʃ)
adjective
of or relating to ghouls; morbid or disgusting; unhealthily interested in death
Derived forms
ghoulishly (ˈghoulishly)
adverb
ghoulishness (ˈghoulishness)
noun

Examples of 'ghoulish' in a sentence
ghoulish

But it needs more pace and much more ghoulish glee.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Some spectators were unsure whether to look away or to keep watching in ghoulish fascination.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Do you take ghoulish fascination in watching a man drive a long nail into his nostril?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His wife finds this morbid and ghoulish.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It isn't just ghoulish curiosity that makes these stories appealing.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
And the ghoulish goings-on are sure to chill you to the bone.
The Sun (2013)
Another takes ghoulish glee in a friend's putative cancer diagnosis.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is no doubt there is still a ghoulish fascination with the case 20 years on.
The Sun (2014)
It is his behaviour that has become the focus of the world's ghoulish fascination with this disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The ghoulish goings-on continue tomorrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But once he and his family step inside the cursed property, they encounter ghoulish goings-on galore.
The Sun (2006)
They don't kill strangers for the ghoulish glee of gushing blood, the drama of domination.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But if you have a ghoulish fascination with plane crashes - and who doesn't?
The Sun (2013)
A ghoulish curiosity set in.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
(adjective) 
They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
Synonyms
macabre
Police have made a macabre discovery.
sick (informal)
a sick joke about a cat
disgusting
hideous
His family was subjected to a hideous attack.
gruesome
There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.
grisly
a series of grisly murders
horrid
morbid
Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.
unwholesome

Additional synonyms

in the sense of grisly
Definition
causing horror or dread
a series of grisly murders
Synonyms
gruesome,
shocking,
terrible,
awful,
terrifying,
appalling,
horrible,
grim,
dreadful,
sickening,
ghastly,
hideous,
macabre,
horrid,
frightful,
abominable,
hellacious (US, slang)
in the sense of gruesome
Definition
inspiring horror and disgust
There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.
Synonyms
horrific,
shocking,
terrible,
awful,
horrible,
grim,
horrifying,
fearful (informal),
obscene,
horrendous,
ghastly,
hideous,
from hell (informal),
grisly,
macabre,
horrid,
repulsive,
repugnant,
loathsome,
abominable,
spine-chilling,
hellacious (US, slang)
in the sense of hideous
Definition
extremely ugly or unpleasant
His family was subjected to a hideous attack.
Synonyms
terrifying,
shocking,
terrible,
awful,
appalling,
disgusting,
horrible,
dreadful,
horrific,
obscene,
sickening,
horrendous,
macabre,
horrid,
odious,
loathsome,
abominable,
detestable,
godawful (slang)

Nearby words of
ghoulish

  • ghastly
  • ghost
  • ghostly
  • ghoulish
  • giant
  • gibber
  • gibberish

Synonyms of 'ghoulish'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of horrid
Synonyms
repulsive,
shocking,
alarming,
frightening,
terrifying,
appalling,
formidable,
revolting,
horrific,
hideous,
harrowing,
from hell (informal),
odious,
hair-raising,
terrorizing,
abominable
in the sense of morbid
Definition
having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events
Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.
Synonyms
gruesome,
sick (informal),
dreadful,
ghastly,
hideous,
unhealthy,
grisly,
macabre,
horrid,
ghoulish,
unwholesome
in the sense of sick
Definition
making fun of death, illness, or misfortune
a sick joke about a cat
Synonyms
morbid,
cruel,
sadistic,
black,
offensive,
gruesome,
macabre,
ghoulish
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