ghoulish

3 definitions found

ghoulish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ghoulish \Ghoul"ish\, a.
     Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
     [1913 Webster]

ghoulish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ghoulish
      adj 1: suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid
             details" [syn: ghoulish, morbid]

ghoulish - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "ghoulish":
     Mephistophelian, abominable, agape, agog, all agog, appalling,
     astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, bloodthirsty,
     brutal, burning with curiosity, consumed with curiosity, cruel,
     curious, cursed, damnable, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonish,
     demonlike, devil-like, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, dire,
     direful, disgusting, dread, dreaded, dreadful, execrable, fell,
     feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, formidable, ghastly,
     gossipy, grim, grisly, gruesome, hellish, hideous, horrendous,
     horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, infernal, inhuman,
     inquiring, inquisitive, interested, itchy, macabre, malign,
     merciless, monstrous, morbid, morbidly curious, ogreish, open-eyed,
     openmouthed, overcurious, pitiless, prurient, quizzical,
     redoubtable, ruthless, satanic, savage, schrecklich, scopophiliac,
     shocking, sick, supercurious, terrible, terrific, tremendous,
     ungodly, vicious, voyeuristic