ghoul

English - Turkish

Definition of ghoul in English Turkish dictionary

mezardan ölü çalıp onları yiyen hortlak

iğrenç şeylerden zevk alan kimse

cin

gulyabani

{i} kötü niyetli kimse

{i} cadı

ghoulishcadı gibi

{i} hortlak

Related Terms

ghoulish

cadı gibi

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{s} iğrenç

ghoulish

{s} korkunç

ghoulish

{s} hortlak gibi

English - English

Definition of ghoul in English English dictionary

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

A spirit said to feed on corpses

The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.

someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection

{i} spirit, ghost, demon who robs graves and eats corpses; one who robs graves; one who enjoys disgusting or revolting things

an evil spirit or ghost

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

A ghoul is an imaginary evil spirit. Ghouls are said to steal bodies from graves and eat them

Related Terms

Great Galactic Ghoul

A notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars. #*''. Taylor Dinerman. The Space Review, September 27, 2004

ghoulish

Of or pertaining to ghouls

ghoulish

Fascinated with corpses

ghoulish

Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing

We had that afternoon dug a grave in the cellar, and would have to fill it by dawn -- for although we had fixed a lock on the house, we wished to shun even the remotest risk of a ghoulish discovery.

ghoulish

{s} hideous, abominable; repulsive; morbid; of ghouls

ghoulish

Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul. the ghoulish apparitions at the window

ghoulish

Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike

ghoulish

suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"

ghoulish

disapproval Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity

ghoulish

suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details

ghoulishly

In a ghoulish manner

ghoulishly

in a ghoulish manner; morbidly; demonically; hideously

ghoulishness

{i} hideousness; monstrousness, fiendishness

ghoulishness

The quality of being ghoulish

ghouls

plural of ghoul

Synonyms

zombie, resurrectionist, bogeyman, devil, evil spirit, fiend, grave robber, monster

Etymology

[ 'gül ] (noun.) 1786. Persian غول — an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals. Cognate to Arabic غول and French goule, and to English alcohol.