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Recent Examples of ghoulish
There are elegant formulas that sit well under makeup, that don’t have a ghoulish white tint or cause your skincare to pill.
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Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
To Michael Hirsch, the desecration of hundreds of graves was a shanda, a shame, a ghoulish crime.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Show me Ed Gein displaying a human-skin lampshade with a full ear on it — ghoulish and silly is the goal!
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Halloween is around the corner, and contrary to popular belief, the spookiest day of the year isn’t just about ghoulish fun and dressing up in costumes for the kiddos.
—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
To Michael Hirsch, the desecration of hundreds of graves was a shanda, a shame, a ghoulish crime.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Show me Ed Gein displaying a human-skin lampshade with a full ear on it — ghoulish and silly is the goal!
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Halloween is around the corner, and contrary to popular belief, the spookiest day of the year isn’t just about ghoulish fun and dressing up in costumes for the kiddos.
—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
Adjective
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Its ghostly inhabitants are never identified in a denominational kind of way but behave like the demons in The Exorcist and other Catholic possession films.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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With vivid imagery of California sunsets and moonlit drives, the song turns heartbreak into a ghostly presence that lingers long after the love is gone.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In many cases, physicists can calculate the spectral gap for a specific atom or material.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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And by scouring the planets’ atmospheres, astrobiologists hoped to search for the spectral fingerprints of life.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For a wildly imaginative world-building project, the film is mostly ghastly to look at, all flat green-screen and blocky sets for the cast to scramble upon.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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At age 6, little Richie Starkey contracted a ghastly case of peritonitis.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Backed by an eerie beat, the track revisits their promiscuous, party lifestyle with hedonistic lyricism.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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How eerie/prescient was that measles storyline, seeing as how the penultimate episode was obviously written months before the current outbreak in Texas?—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Josh Hutcherson is back as Mike, the security guard who must babysit the zany, spooky and dumpy Chuck E. Cheese-like pizza parlor.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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With overtones of the spooky spoon bit in the horror movie Get Out, the singer stirs a cup of tea and then lets go as the spoon continues its circles without her.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Image Siren Queen by Nghi Vo The glamour of Old Hollywood is not usually my cup of tea, but this enchanting novel about a Chinese American girl looking to become a star in the 1930s was unexpectedly haunting and beautiful.—
Shannon Chakraborty,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The impact was haunting, bringing the crowd to a stunned silence.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Also, point to Epic Universe for Curse of the Werewolf's natural blend into the creepy Dark Universe theming.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Weezer has not canceled its plans to perform at Coachella this Saturday (April 12) after the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bizarre run-in with Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers that ended in a dramatic shootout.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Continue reading … 'THIS IS SO CRAZY' – DOGE reveals bizarre findings of unemployment insurance claims.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Ghoulish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghoulish. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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