ghoul
noun/ɡuːl/
Etymology
Definitions
A demon 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!.
- From my laboratory in the Castle east To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes They did the Mash They did the Monster Mash.
- “Yeah, Mum’s always wishing we had a house-elf to do the ironing,” said George. “But all we’ve got is a lousy old ghoul in the attic and gnomes all over the garden. [...]”
A graverobber.
A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that…
A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.
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A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly…
A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns.
The neighborhood
- neighborresurrection man
- neighborresurrectionist
- neighborbody snatcher
- neighborjinn
- neighborjann
- neighbornasnas
- neighborshaitan
- neighborangel
Derived
book-ghoul, ghoulery, ghoulie, ghoulie-ghoul, ghoulie ghoul, ghoulification, ghoulish, ghoulism
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ghoul. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA