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ghoully

ghoully is the alternative spelling of ghouly.

Meaning of ghouly

Adjective

ghouly (comparative more ghouly, superlative most ghouly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ghoul.
    • We drove through beautiful Walker Pass, Kern, etc. and down Highway 99 (pah!) for awhile,^([sic]) and across to 33 and through the Los Padres National Forest. There is a ghouly feeling of alarming hostile vibrations in many parts of Los Padres. We struck one of those at twilight and drove through...1982, Evelyn Eaton, “Part Four”, in The Shaman and the Medicine Wheel, Wheaton, Ill.: The Theosophical Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 191–192
    Synonyms:
    ghoulish

Forms of ghoully

comparativemore ghoully
superlativemost ghoully

Questions about ghoully

What is ghoully the alternative spelling of?
Ghoully is the alternative spelling of ghouly.

Words near ghoully in the dictionary

  1. ghoulification
  2. ghoulish
  3. ghoulishly
  4. ghoulishness
  5. ghoulism
  6. ghoully
  7. ghouls
  8. ghouly
  9. Ghouta
  10. ghowl
  11. ghowls

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