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ghoul
/ɡul/
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What does ghoul mean?
noun
- A demon said to feed on corpses.
- A graverobber.
- A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (derogatory) A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡul/
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“Do you suppose I eat like an ogre or a ghoul, that you dread being the companion of my repast?”
I have a Pine’s “Horace,” with the engravings from gems, which has fallen into the hands of a moral ghoul.
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What sort of a wizard must he be, or ghoul, or madman?
He belonged to a bad breed, and we are quite content to be freed from him and his kindred, the vampire and the ghoul.
Sirmio and Rome succeeded to Baghdad and Damascus; jinni and ghoul fled before hoofed satyrs and old Silenus shaking his green stick of lilies.