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ghoulish, a.|ˈguːlɪʃ|
[f. ghoul n. + -ish.]
Of the nature of, resembling, or characteristic of ghouls.
a1845Hood Open Quest. vi, The spirit of the place..Turns fell hyæna of the ghoulish race? 1875M. E. Braddon Strange World I. ix. 150 They had done nothing but talk about the murder all the morning with a ghoulish gusto.
Comb.1881Black Sunrise III. vii. 99 These dusky shadows lent something ghoulish-looking to his head, and face, and sparkling black eyes.
Hence ˈghoulishly adv., in a ghoulish manner.
1844Blackw. Mag. LV. 550 The difference is nearly as great as between Lady Amine eating rice with a bodkin, and the same fair one battening ghoulishly upon the cold meat in the cemetery. 1890Voice (N.Y.) 20 Feb., It ghoulishly dug up some of George's [Washington's] personal weaknesses. |