Definitions for ghoul

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Spelling: [gool]
IPA: /gul/

Ghoul is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in ghoul (ghlou).

Definitions for ghoul

noun

  1. an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
  2. a grave robber.
  3. a person who revels in what is revolting.

Origin of ghoul

First recorded in 1780-90, ghoul is from the Arabic word ghūl

Examples for ghoul

We go to ashes at once, and leave no corpse for a ghoul to inhabit and make a vampire of.

He had no way of knowing in which direction the ghoul had dragged him.

But then he was such a worthless vagabond, a ghoul who had robbed a dead body.

It is a ghoul, it haunts his dreams, this image, with its hateful conclusions.

In Arabic legend, a ghoul is a creature that eats both stolen corpses and children.

He was a sottish-looking fellow, and there was something of the glare of a ghoul in his eyes.

At this the ghoul was angered, and I thought that he would have done me some bodily violence.

The ghoul that keeps Putin awake at night is a Ukrainian Cossack.

It was the physiognomy of what I should fancy a ghoul might be.

Like a ghoul he smacked his lips at the memory of those repasts.

Word Value for ghoul
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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