Ghastly vs. Ghoulish — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ghastly and Ghoulish
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Ghastly
Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying
A ghastly murder.
Ghoulish
An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.
Ghastly
Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
Ghoulish
In popular folklore, an undead or subhuman being, especially one that eats human flesh.
Ghastly
Extremely unpleasant or bad
"in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
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Ghoulish
A grave robber.
Ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
Ghoulish
One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.
Ghastly
Horrifyingly shocking.
Ghoulish
Of or pertaining to ghouls.
Ghastly
Extremely bad.
The play was simply ghastly.
Ghoulish
Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
Ghastly
In a ghastly manner.
Ghoulish
Fascinated by corpses.
Ghastly
Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
Ghoulish
Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
Ghastly
Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail.
Ghoulish
Suggesting the horror of death and decay;
Morbid details
Ghastly
In a ghastly manner; hideously.
Staring full ghastly like a strangled man.
Ghastly
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
Ghastly wounds
The grim aftermath of the bombing
The grim task of burying the victims
A grisly murder
Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
Macabre tortures conceived by madmen
Ghastly
Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
Ghastly shrieks
The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
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