ghoulishnessn.
/ˈɡuːlᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡulɪʃnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being ghoulish; morbid or macabre character.
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1863 Fraser's Mag. June 787/1 A good deal of silly squeamishness and mere affectation may be involved in the condign reprobation of such themes for art, as well as morbid ghoulishness in the special addiction to them.
1910 H. Walker Lit. Victorian Era ii. vii. 505 Her poetry altogether escapes the taint of ghoulishness.
1954 New Yorker 15 May 92 One of the best-known facts about him..has gained currency simply by virtue of its ghoulishness.
2011 N. White Cold Kill vi. 62 The ghoulishness of the murder scene began to seem a little more distant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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