单词 | ghoulishness |
释义 | ghoulishadjective ghoul·ish ˈgü-lish 1 : resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a ghoul a ghoulish appearance I knew not at what moment I might plunge headlong into some terrible pit or meet with some of the ghoulish creatures that inhabit these lower worlds … Edgar Rice Burroughs Many of their sculptures depict the ghoulish spirits … and their paternal leader, Baron Samedi, the lord of death, decay and grotesque eroticism. Holland Cotter 2 : relating to, dealing with, or morbidly delighting in things considered shocking or gruesome ghoulish thoughts ghoulish humor … the grieving family asked for his help in a rather ghoulish affair. Behn Cervantes … his photographs present the aftermath of battles somewhat in the manner of ghoulish still lifes … Naomi Rosenblum Annie was a fine, strapping girl, and was evidently labouring under intense excitement, mingled with a certain ghoulish enjoyment of the tragedy. Agatha Christie … he offers the reader a deliciously ghoulish potted history of absurd burial techniques. Lawrence Osborne ghoulishly adverb laughing ghoulishly Lurid, violent, … morbidly sentimental and ghoulishly capricious, this is the kind of painting which grabs the modern imagination for the most dubious of reasons. Jonathan Keates ghoulishness noun … a zany cross between wild farce and macabre ghoulishness … John Percival ghoulishness nounas in ghostliness Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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