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ghoul
[ gool ]
noun
- an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
- a grave robber.
- a person who revels in what is revolting.
ghoul
/ ɡuːl /
noun
- a malevolent spirit or ghost
- a person interested in morbid or disgusting things
- a person who robs graves
- (in Muslim legend) an evil demon thought to eat human bodies, either stolen corpses or children
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Example Sentences
King Joffrey Baratheon ingesting poison and transforming into a bloodied ghoul during the Purple Wedding.
The ghoul that keeps Putin awake at night is a Ukrainian Cossack.
In Arabic legend, a ghoul is a creature that eats both stolen corpses and children.
He may have meant no more than Emerson, who pictured ill health as a ghoul preying on the heart and life of its victims.
The moonlight made Smith's sallow, disfigured face so much more ghastly than usual, that he had the air of a ghoul or vampyre.
Standing straight, protect us by thy splendor from evil; burn down every ghoul.
Of both portions Jennet and Ellen partook, and would have had Grace join them in the ghoul-like repast, but she refused.
It will cause a woman to fall in love with a ghoul, not to speak of one so tall and handsome as Raymond Lulli.
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