ghoulish

Etymology

From ghoul + -ish.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to ghouls.
  2. 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. 1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator
  3. Fascinated by corpses.

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