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Definition of ghoul noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ghoul

noun

ghoul pronunciation English

ɡuːl

ghoul pronunciation American

ɡuːl

1 (in stories) an evil spirit that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them2 (disapproving) a person who is too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disasterghoulish

ghoulish pronunciation English

ˈɡuːlɪʃ

ghoulish pronunciation American

ˈɡuːlɪʃ

adjectiveghoulish laughter