ghoulish
/ˈɡuːlɪʃ/
adjective
- Resembling or characteristic of a ghoul; having a morbid or gruesome interest in death or disaster.
- The movie had a ghoulish atmosphere that made everyone uneasy.
- His ghoulish fascination with car crashes worried his friends.
- She gave a ghoulish laugh when she described the haunted house.
- Pale, gaunt, or ghostly in appearance.
- The ghoulish figure in the painting had hollow eyes and a bony face.
- After weeks of illness, he looked ghoulish and thin.
- Her ghoulish complexion made her look like she had seen a ghost.
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