ghoul

noun/ɡuːl/

Frequency rank: #14,488 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

An evil spirit or monster said to rob graves and feed on the dead.

Illustration for the English word “ghoul”

Example sentence

The children dressed up as zombies and one scary ghoul for the Halloween parade.

Synonyms & related words

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