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单词 ghouls
释义

ghoul

noun

ˈgül How to pronounce ghoul (audio)
1
: a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses
2
: one suggestive of a ghoul
especially : one who shows morbid interest in things considered shocking or repulsive

Synonyms

  • cacodemon
  • demon
  • daemon
  • devil
  • fiend
  • ghost
  • ghoulie
  • imp
  • shaitan
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Example Sentences

in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet
Recent Examples on the Web Carve a simple ghoul that's sure to attract stares. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022 The child turns out to be a ghoul herself and eventually eats her father. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 30 June 2022 Pair with a ghoul ash or penne pasta and fried veggies. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Christina Ricci — who was basically the It Girl of vintage ghoul movies as a kid — stars as Kathleen Harvey, the daughter of ghost therapist Dr. James Harvey. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022 Descartes’s vision of the self as an immaterial ghost inside a biological machine has long been out of fashion, Ms. Arikha notes, but his ghoul still haunts our thinking. Julian Baggini, WSJ, 3 May 2022 Steve Appleford interviewed front-ghoul Tobias Forge, a.k.a. Papa Emeritus IV, for The Times. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022 Its page was topped with the image of a child ghoul, her eyes ringed in black, a mud-encrusted finger pressed to her lips. Elizabeth Williamson, Wired, 11 Mar. 2022 Vladimir Putin, for instance, can be an imperialist ghoul who started a 170,000-troop pissing contest along Russia and its allies’ borders with Ukraine. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Arabic ghūl

First Known Use

1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

ghoul

noun

ˈgül How to pronounce ghoul (audio)
1
: an evil being of legend that robs graves and feeds on dead bodies
2
: someone whose activities suggest those of a ghoul : an evil or frightening person

ghouls

noun

plural of ghoul
as in demons
an evil spirit in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • demons
  • ghosts
  • vampires
  • devils
  • ghoulies
  • goblins
  • spirits
  • nightmares
  • wraiths
  • imps
  • monsters
  • elves
  • fiends
  • fairies
  • banshees
  • genies
  • daemons
  • shadows
  • cacodemons
  • phantoms
  • hags
  • trolls
  • dwarves
  • specters
  • succubi
  • dwarfs
  • shaitans
  • spooks
  • visions
  • incubi
  • poltergeists
  • pixies
  • faeries
  • lamias
  • apparitions
  • gnomes
  • spectres
  • hobgoblins
  • kobolds
  • gremlins
  • familiars
  • phantasms
  • ogres
  • pucks
  • jinn
  • lamiae
  • djinns
  • leprechauns
  • bugbears
  • familiar spirits
  • brownies
  • shades
  • sprites
  • incubuses
  • afreets
  • jinns
  • genii
  • djinn
  • bogeys
  • genii
  • bogies
  • fantasms
  • fays
  • afrits
  • geniuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • angels
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