Definition of Ghoulishness

1. Noun. The quality of being ghoulish ¹

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Definition of Ghoulishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghoulishness

ghostwrite
ghostwriter
ghostwriters
ghostwrites
ghostwriting
ghostwritten
ghostwrote
ghosty
ghoti
ghoul
ghoul hand
ghoulie
ghoulies
ghoulish
ghoulishly
ghoulishness (current term)
ghoulishnesses
ghouls
ghrelin
ghrelins
ghutra
ghutras
ghyll
ghylls
giallolino
giambeux
gianduja
gianellaite
giant
giant-killer

Literary usage of Ghoulishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Irish Plays and Playwrights by Cornelius Weygandt (1913)
"There is in these verses a certain morbidity, an almost ghoulishness, that is very seldom present elsewhere in his writing. ..."

2. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"... striking of clocks or bells, Webster heightens the atmosphere of gloom pervading all his dramas by the solemn melancholy or ghoulishness of his imagery. ..."

3. Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang (1887)
"The most awful Japanese vampire, caught red-handed in the act, a hideous, bestial incarnation of ghoulishness, we have carefully refrained from reproducing. ..."

4. English Book-plates: Ancient and Modern by Egerton ( Castle (1894)
"I myself (if I may compare the small with the great) repudiate the accusation of ghoulishness, and yet hope in due course to be owner of many more " dead ..."

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