- 1(in stories) an evil spirit that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them
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- 2(disapproving) a person who is too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disaster
NAmE//ˈɡulɪʃ//
adjective ghoulish laughterSee ghoul in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ghoul