/ɡuːl/, /ɡʊəl/, /ɡʉl/
OriginBorrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl).
- A demon said to feed on corpses.
“The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.”
“From my laboratory in the Castle east
To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the Mash
They did the Monst”
- A graverobber.
- A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.
Formsghouls(plural) · ghole(alternative)