[
US
/ˈɡuɫ/
]
[ UK /ɡˈuːl/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈuːl/ ]
NOUN
- someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
- an evil spirit or ghost
How To Use ghoul In A Sentence
- You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn!
- The walk will recall the town's heroes and villains, history, hauntings and murders, ghosts and ghouls.
- Witches, goblins, ghosts, ghouls and some gothic mums and dads were among an estimated 9,000 crowd that turned out for what is believed to be the country's largest Halloween party.
- It is so lovely to view the sweet innocence of the ghouls and hobgoblins who visit our thresholds, calling out ‘trick or treat’, often accompanied by imaginative verse of their own making.
- By the time the hobgoblins and ghouls are out and about on the 31st it is rising less than four hours after sunset.
- This ghoulish history is irrelevant to Harley riders - their aim is to be photographed by the huge sign at company HQ.
- How did pleasant weather folklore turn into witches, ghouls and pumpkins? Times, Sunday Times
- He was the type to believe in ghouls and monsters, and sneezing bushes were definitely not something he encountered often.
- In a ghoulish gallery, Bart hosts three bloodcurdling tales of Halloween horror.
- Now she set the figure on a pedestal, a blank-faced, bulgy-eyed little goat gazing into space, its wide stubby tail sweeping over its back while it grasped a large baseball in its hand; a sort of ghoulish beauty now emanated from the figure. Antonia Cruz Rafael: the ceramics of Ocumicho, Michoacan