de goule

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French - English
ghoulish
Of or pertaining to ghouls
Fascinated with corpses
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.

{s} hideous, abominable; repulsive; morbid; of ghouls
Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul. the ghoulish apparitions at the window
Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike
suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
disapproval Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity
suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details