US /ˈɡuː.lɪʃ/ UK /ˈɡuː.lɪʃ/
adj Freq #43603

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    morbidly interested in death or suggesting the horror associated with ghouls

    The newspaper's ghoulish fascination with the murder upset the family.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · morbidly interested in... morbid
Word family
Derived forms ghoulishlyghoulishnessunghoulish
Related forms ghastlymacabre

Etymology

From ghoul + -ish.

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