ghoul
/ɡuːl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A graverobber.
Example Sentences
- "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 Monster Mash."
- "“Yeah, Mum’s always wishing we had a house-elf to do the ironing,” said George. “But all we’ve got is a lousy old ghoul in the attic and gnomes all over the garden. [...]”"
- "We would not say that under no circumstances ought a grave to be opened; but it ought to be opened like a grave and not like a burglar-proof safe. […] And some of us enter it, if not without knocking, certainly without taking our hats off. We should not so much mind these eminent persons being ghouls, if only they were modest and apologetic ghouls."
- "Police went to the cemetery at Trafalgar, near Yallourn, and discovered that a woman's body had been stolen from a grave. They were satisfied it was the same body found at Yallourn - but made no progress in running down the ghouls responsible for the outrage."
- "Cars were parked on both sides of the highway, the usual ghouls, of both sexes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: غول, غُول, غ و ل