ghoul.

1. A creature in folklore or fiction associated with graves or feeding on the dead.

2. A person criticized for an unhealthy-seeming interest in death, suffering, or disaster.

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Words that belong together

• graveyard ghoul
• ghoul in folklore

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The tale placed a ghoul beside the graveyard.

A ghoul waited beneath the ruined arch in the story.

The storyteller warned of a graveyard ghoul.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular ghoul; plural ghouls. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.