Learn How to Pronounce GHOUL – GHOUL in a Sentence
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The word GHOUL is a noun. It consists of 1 syllable.
It’s pronounced GOOL
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Definition:
an evil spirit or demon believed to rob graves and feed on corpses
Note: the concept originated in pre-Islamic Arabian religion
Let’s look at an illustrated sentence example.
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This engraving is entitled: “Amine Discovered with the Goule”, from the story of Sidi Nouman, of the One Thousand and One Nights.
Note: although Ghoule is spelled with an ‘e’ in this title, the common English spelling is Ghoul without an ‘e’.
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GHOULISH (adj.)
Definition:
resembling a ghoul or
morbidly interested in death or taking delight in what is morbid or revolting
Here’s an illustrated sentence example:
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The 1968 American horror film “Night of the Living Dead” is still popular among people with a ghoulish interest.
In other words, those who are interested in death, or revolting, morbid subjects.
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Examples of GHOUL or GHOULISH from news items:
Whatever the mind conjures up, custom-made for unique neuroses and fears, may well be scarier than any tangible monster or ghoul.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/arts/spooky-podcasts-halloween.html
Like those horror movies where the ghoul crosses the room in an instant, cockroaches startle us with supernatural swiftness, Lockwood says.
Source: Time
http://time.com/4403068/cockroaches-bugs-insects-fear/
An ophiocordyceps fungus, akin to the real-life one that ghoulishly takes over the bodies of ants, mutates to infest humans, turning civilization into a global mushroom farm.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/arts/television/the-last-of-us-review.html
Midway through Obsidian Entertainment’s new role-playing shooter The Outer Worlds, I met a man miserably playing a corporate mascot, his head semi-permanently enclosed in a large, ghoulish moon mask.
Source: The VergeS
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/12/20959758/the-outer-worlds-obsidian-fallout-series-hero-narrative-xbox-one-ps4-pc
In a few seconds of mounting disbelief, the Houston crowd felt as if it was seeing ghouls and horrors a day early.
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/nationals-magic-world-series-win/2019/10/31/67671ab2-fb4b-11e9-8906-ab6b60de9124_story.html
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