ghoul

ghoul  (gl)

n.

1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.

2. A grave robber.

3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.

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[Arabic l, from la, to seize, snatch; see wl in Semitic roots.]

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ghoulish adj.

ghoulish·ly adv.

ghoulish·ness n.

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ghoul [guːl]

n

1. a malevolent spirit or ghost

2. a person interested in morbid or disgusting things

3. a person who robs graves

4. (Myth & Legend / Non-European Myth & Legend) (in Muslim legend) an evil demon thought to eat human bodies, either stolen corpses or children

[from Arabic ghūl, from ghāla he seized]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ghoul - someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection body snatcher, graverobber stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
	2.	ghoul - an evil spirit or ghost evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm

Translations

ghoul [guːl] N (= malevolent spirit) → demonio m necrófago; (= person) → morboso/a m/f

ghoul [ˈguːl] n (= ghost) → vampire m

ghoul

n (= evil spirit) → Ghul m; (fig) → Mensch m → mit schaurigen Gelüsten