ghoulish

/goo-lish/US // ˈgu lɪʃ //UK // (ˈɡuːlɪʃ) //

恐怖的,食尸鬼,食人族,恐怖的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- : showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc.; morbid: ghoulish curiosity.
- : of, relating to, or like a ghoul or ghouls.

adj.hideous, scary

Synonyms

So many of the disasters—and it’s hard to call them “natural disasters” anymore—are record-breaking and defying historic norms in ghoulish ways.
And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.
Yesterday afternoon, the "NRA Women" Twitter account sent out a simple and yet ghoulish message to its followers.
Other attempts to bring cult favorites back from the dead have had more ghoulish results.
Typical of most old cemeteries, eerie carved-stone Angels of Death and other ghoulish figures adorn many of the tombstones.
They cast a ghoulish light on this roughly 8-by-10-foot room, where the family of eight struggles to survive.
Such was their appearance; mournful, ghoulish, yet human and warm in a repressed, frustrated way.
So he had devised a ghoulish and crafty punishment, which, the more he pondered it, the more subtle and effective did it appear.
To French readers this scene may seem a ghoulish farce: English humour accepts it from Norwegian humour without demur.
Seen as I had seen it, it was a ghoulish-looking place—as weird as a Paris catacomb—but then daylight makes all the difference.
So once again the phantom rider had brought its grisly message—played its ghoulish rôle.

/goo-lish/US // ˈgu lɪʃ //UK // (ˈɡuːlɪʃ) //

恐怖的,食尸鬼,食人族,恐怖的人

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- : showing fascination with death, disease, maiming, etc.; morbid: ghoulish curiosity.
- : of, relating to, or like a ghoul or ghouls.

adj.hideous, scary

Synonyms

So many of the disasters—and it’s hard to call them “natural disasters” anymore—are record-breaking and defying historic norms in ghoulish ways.
And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.
Yesterday afternoon, the "NRA Women" Twitter account sent out a simple and yet ghoulish message to its followers.
Other attempts to bring cult favorites back from the dead have had more ghoulish results.
Typical of most old cemeteries, eerie carved-stone Angels of Death and other ghoulish figures adorn many of the tombstones.
They cast a ghoulish light on this roughly 8-by-10-foot room, where the family of eight struggles to survive.
Such was their appearance; mournful, ghoulish, yet human and warm in a repressed, frustrated way.
So he had devised a ghoulish and crafty punishment, which, the more he pondered it, the more subtle and effective did it appear.
To French readers this scene may seem a ghoulish farce: English humour accepts it from Norwegian humour without demur.
Seen as I had seen it, it was a ghoulish-looking place—as weird as a Paris catacomb—but then daylight makes all the difference.
So once again the phantom rider had brought its grisly message—played its ghoulish rôle.