英语词汇“ghoulish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Ghoulish things are scary or morbid. A ghoulish sense of humor favors jokes about death and gore.

An interest in other people's misfortune could be called ghoulish, and so could a fascination with deadly car accidents or plane crashes. The horrified feeling you might get when you think about death is the essence of something ghoulish. This adjective comes from ghoul, an evil spirit, from the Arabic ġūl , a mythological corpse-eating demon.

WORD FAMILY

ghoulish: ghoulishly+/ghoul: ghoulish, ghouls

USAGE EXAMPLES

Not so Edward Gorey, who was almost as eccentric as his ghoulishly humorous drawings, with their mysterious black-clad ladies, long-suffering children and ominous menageries.

New York Times(Dec 19, 2016)

If the concept sounds ghoulish, the effect of the show is anything but.

New York Times(Nov 23, 2016)

On a wrong turn yesterday I came upon a grand juxtaposition of ghoulish Halloween decorations beside an oversized campaign sign.

The Guardian(Nov 07, 2016)

adj suggesting the horror of death and decay

Syn

morbid
offensive

unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

单词	ghoulish
释义	ghoulish (once / 16885 pages) adj Ghoulish things are scary or morbid. A ghoulish sense of humor favors jokes about death and gore. An interest in other people's misfortune could be called ghoulish, and so could a fascination with deadly car accidents or plane crashes. The horrified feeling you might get when you think about death is the essence of something ghoulish. This adjective comes from ghoul, an evil spirit, from the Arabic ġūl , a mythological corpse-eating demon. WORD FAMILY ghoulish: ghoulishly+/ghoul: ghoulish, ghouls USAGE EXAMPLES Not so Edward Gorey, who was almost as eccentric as his ghoulishly humorous drawings, with their mysterious black-clad ladies, long-suffering children and ominous menageries. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) If the concept sounds ghoulish, the effect of the show is anything but. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) On a wrong turn yesterday I came upon a grand juxtaposition of ghoulish Halloween decorations beside an oversized campaign sign. The Guardian(Nov 07, 2016) adj suggesting the horror of death and decay Syn morbid offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
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