1
: a legendary evil being that robs graves and feeds on corpses
2
: one suggestive of a ghoul
especially
: one who shows morbid interest in things considered shocking or repulsive
Examples of ghoul in a Sentence
in Arabic folklore, ghouls could change their shapes but had one unchanging feature: donkey's hooves for feet
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Considered one of the scariest haunted houses in Cincinnati, the littles can visit with the lights on and friendly ghouls hand out candy.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2024
The time of ghosts, ghouls and goblins has arrived and Nashville has no shortage of sinister and hair-raising attractions.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2024
But according to Jason, his dad had some notes about the film’s inclusion of some of the ghouls from the 1984 original.
—John Russell, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Eliot beforehand – and the nightmarish inner gorge is a spiffy mix of nature run amok plus terrifying ghouls that would give Swamp Thing the willies.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2024
The time of ghosts, ghouls and goblins has arrived and Nashville has no shortage of sinister and hair-raising attractions.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2024
But according to Jason, his dad had some notes about the film’s inclusion of some of the ghouls from the 1984 original.
—John Russell, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Eliot beforehand – and the nightmarish inner gorge is a spiffy mix of nature run amok plus terrifying ghouls that would give Swamp Thing the willies.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ghoul
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“Ghoul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghoul. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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