ghoulish
adjective
strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous.
ghoulishness
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a word derived from
ghoulish.
Example Sentences
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The content creators, to their credit, had no illusions about the ghoulishness of what they were doing here.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Glimpses of that ghoulishness arrive in scenes where Orlok is plaguing Ellen, but when he’s hunting and not haunting, Skarsgård overextends himself to the point it veers on goofiness.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
However one might feel about the age of hologram tours, their ghoulishness or their grandeur, the great triumph could be that they lead us back to the music.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2018
“Winter Break” is a brief bit of ghoulishness about a vacation from hell, and “The Heart Fails Without Warning” is about two sisters, teasingly close, though one is on the brink of starving to death.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
We looked with a deeper interest then at the man whose arms were bound, but privately we permitted ourselves to be skeptical regarding the details of his alleged ghoulishness.
From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
