Ghoulish
['gʊlɪʃ]
Definition
(adj.) suggesting the horror of death and decay; 'morbid details' .
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Definition
(a.) Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
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Examples
- Everything is a ghoulish replica of the real world, a replica, a ghoul, all soiled, everything sordid. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The men were but little stronger for their ghoulish repast, for the want of water was by far the greatest agony with which they had to contend. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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