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adj. - Suggesting the horror of death and decay.

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  • There is a certain ghoulish fascination with events like this.
  • But Halloween is not just for the famous -- New Yorkers all around town were walking the streets in ghoulish getups all weekend long.
  • Save the hard lights for Halloween time, when calling your ghoulish friends.
  • Some people do get kind of ghoulish, even bloody about this.
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  • A galosh (rubber rain boot) was thrown into the "ghoulish" (loathsome or disgusting) goulash (a type of stew).
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