Ghoul

Word GHOUL
Character 5
Hyphenation ghoul
Pronunciations /ɡuːl/

Definitions and meanings of "Ghoul"

What do we mean by ghoul?

An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. noun

A grave robber. noun

One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. noun

An imaginary evil being supposed among Eastern nations to prey upon human bodies; an ogre. noun

An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. noun

A spirit said to feed on corpses. noun

A graverobber; a person with an undue interest in death and corpses. noun

An evil spirit or ghost noun

Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection noun

(Muslim demonology) 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.

Foul being of legend which robs graves and feeds upon corpses. Urban Dictionary

Can be a Necrophile or Necrophage. Not necesarilly a Killer, as they may just disinter already deceased people. Urban Dictionary

A human like creature that's gonna eat you if you go out at night. Urban Dictionary

A Crackhead or Heroine Junkie. Urban Dictionary

A living person who has lived before and is the spirit of that deceased person ... preserver of there personal faith also has the body of that person but has never died in spirit ... a spirit of the dead or soul of a dead person living in the persons ... next life body again ... that has never died Urban Dictionary

An Undead unit in Warcraft III. In the current Frozen Throne version, a Ghoul has 340 HP and 12-14 starting damage. Very good when combined with vampiric aura and unholy aura. Urban Dictionary

1.someone who stays up all night, either playing world of warcraft, or just because. 2.ghoul = cool Urban Dictionary

A unehtical reporter that stops at nothing to get a story Urban Dictionary

An earlier term for basically goth today usually associated with ghoul bands of the late 70s Urban Dictionary

A person who protest at a soldiers funeral. Which is seen in the news from time to time. They are members of a hate group. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ghoul

The word "ghoul" in example sentences

In Somalia and Afghanistan clerics matter-of-factly described to your correspondent the range of jinn they had encountered, from the saintly to the demonic; those that can fly, those that crawl, plodding jinn, invisible jinn, gul with vampiric tendencies (from which the English word ghoul is taken), and shape-shifters recognisable in human form because their feet are turned backwards. ❋ JDsg (2006)

Your lives are boring and the fact that you are posting on this site about a Rupert Everett Wanabee ghoul is proof thereof. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No doubt these miserable villagers, with lives barely worth the few boney fish they hauled daily, were superstitious on top of their misery, thinking the wearied traveler a reaper out for their souls, or a ghoul from the deeps hungry for their flesh. ❋ Cromsblood (2009)

She is also the oldest living ghoul from the 1968 horror classic "Night of the Living Dead." ❋ Clare Ansberry (2010)

“Not much of a ghoul, is she?” the Wendigo asked the mare. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For example, the star Algol, which is located in Taurus, is given in many dictionaries as descending from al-ghāla, ` the destroyer, 'but its more likely origin is the more familiar form from the same root: ghul ` a woodland demon' from which we got our word ghoul, ` a defiler of graves. ' ❋ Unknown (1978)

Combining a slow motor, a simple system of pulleys, and a deathly amount of fun (and almost as much electricity), this ghoul will be the “life” of your Halloween party. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The worst of it is that such a compilation brings a man money, because there are always plenty of people who like to dabble in mud; and a ghoul is the most impervious of beings, probably because a ghoul of this species regards himself merely as an unprejudiced seeker after truth, and claims to be what he would call a realist. ❋ Arthur Christopher Benson (1893)

I've structured the campaign such that the opponents become increasingly more powerful; a ghoul is a much more appropriate threat to a Gritty or Procedural level game, while Chthonians are great Pulp or Superhero-level villains. ❋ Michael Tresca (2010)

The ghoul is a product called Zombie of Montclaire Moors, an $89.95 sculpture made of "designer resin" that gives the impression a zombie is clawing his way out of your yard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One observer described him at the time as "like sludge out of a swamp without a spark of life .... no soul, a slip of life, a kind of ghoul (and) a sort of lubricant (to keep the ship of state running)." ❋ Unknown (2008)

What kind of ghoul would have his experts predict that "staying the course" and only adding more IED fodder would cause our boys and girls die at record breaking rates, but still go ahead with it? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Everybody knows a 'ghoul' keeps a stash of organs. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A fiendish "ghoul" had supposedly struck back from the grave and attacked a well-known policeman and hisfamily in their home. ❋ Patterson, James (1997)

Yay, I get smirking time Amanda’s a flesh-eating ghoul, which is scary enough. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He stared; laid his yellow fingers on my bared arm with a kind of ghoul-like interest and wonder, and felt the muscles of it with childish, almost maudlin admiration. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

That [hungry] [hobo] is a real ghoul - he'll [eat] anything! ❋ LORD HELL FEAR BLOOD (2003)

[Ed Gein], [Dahmer], that guy in "The Loved [Dead]".... ❋ Skeletal Munchkin (2005)

[That guy] was [eaten] by a ghoul. ❋ BEN_Drowned (2015)

Only the [ghoul's] are out [at night]. ❋ Red (2003)

[my girlfriend] was a ghoul ❋ Angus Macfarlane (2007)

"Holy shit! That ghoul just raped my archers!" "Wow! [What a dumbass]! He's [massing] [ghouls]!" ❋ HSK (2004)

"[according] the ghoul handbook, the lack of sleep is a must." "be ghoul, not a tool" "keep it ghoul" "[fooly] [ghouly]" ❋ Ghoulzbabe (2008)

The ghoul broke in to the funeral to interview the [grieving] widow. The [ghouls] on [the 6 O'clock news] speculated about the last few minutes of the victim's life. ❋ Tim Freckman (2003)

a ghoul band, "This is a [ghouls] [night out]", [the misfits]. ❋ ZombiesRus (2006)

Some [ghouls] are [coming in] for the [funeral]. ❋ Deep Blue 2012 (2010)

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