Definitions for ghoulish

ghoulish ghoul·ish

Spelling: [goo-lish]
IPA: /ˈgu lɪʃ/

Ghoulish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in ghoulish (ghhilosu).

Definitions for ghoulish

adjective

  1. strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous:
  2. showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc.; morbid:
  3. of, relating to, or like a ghoul or ghouls.

Origin of ghoulish

First recorded in 1835-45; ghoul + -ish1

Examples for ghoulish

And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.

The appearance of the whole thing was repulsive, ghastly, ghoulish.

They cast a ghoulish light on this roughly 8-by-10-foot room, where the family of eight struggles to survive.

The Recoleta is a strange cemetery, bizarre, ghoulish, tawdry.

His spirit was too lofty to exist in this blood-soaked hell of ghoulish czars.

The wasp, in trembling, ghoulish ecstasy, devoured it as it appeared.

Typical of most old cemeteries, eerie carved-stone Angels of Death and other ghoulish figures adorn many of the tombstones.

It is ghoulish work, but they have become as matter of fact as can be.

It is also gruesome, ghoulish, and appalling—and utterly fascinating.

Yesterday afternoon, the "NRA Women" Twitter account sent out a simple and yet ghoulish message to its followers.

Word Value for ghoulish
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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