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Meaning of "ghoulishness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GHOULISHNESS

ghoulishness  [ˈɡuːlɪʃnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GHOULISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ghoulishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GHOULISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ghoulishness in the English dictionary

The definition of ghoulishness in the dictionary is morbidness; unhealthy interest in death.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GHOULISHNESS


boorishness
ˈbʊərɪʃnɪs
Britishness
ˈbrɪtɪʃnɪs
childishness
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃnɪs
churlishness
ˈtʃɜːlɪʃnɪs
devilishness
ˈdɛvlɪʃnɪs
feverishness
ˈfiːvərɪʃnɪs
foolishness
ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs
foppishness
ˈfɒpɪʃnɪs
garishness
ˈɡɛərɪʃnɪs
lavishness
ˈlævɪʃnɪs
mulishness
ˈmjuːlɪʃnɪs
offishness
ˈɒfɪʃnɪs
prudishness
ˈpruːdɪʃnɪs
selfishness
ˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs
sluggishness
ˈslʌɡɪʃnɪs
snappishness
ˈsnæpɪʃnɪs
snobbishness
ˈsnɒbɪʃnɪs
squeamishness
ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs
stylishness
ˈstaɪlɪʃnɪs
unselfishness
ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GHOULISHNESS

ghost prisoner
ghost story
ghost town
ghost train
ghost word
ghost writer
ghostlier
ghostliest
ghostlike
ghostliness
ghostly
ghostwrite
ghostwriting
ghostwritten
ghostwrote
ghosty
ghoul
ghoulish
ghoulishly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GHOULISHNESS

brashness
bullishness
business
Caithness
Englishness
freshness
greenishness
harshness
highness
Jewishness
lushness
much of a muchness
muchness
rashness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
smoothness
suchness
thoroughness
toughness

Synonyms and antonyms of ghoulishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ghoulishness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GHOULISHNESS

Find out the translation of ghoulishness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ghoulishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ghoulishness» in English.

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模特身上
1,325 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
570 millions of speakers

English

ghoulishness
510 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ghoulishness
280 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
278 millions of speakers

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monstruosidade terrível
270 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
260 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
220 millions of speakers

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Kekaburan
190 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
180 millions of speakers

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ghoulishness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ghoulishness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ghoulishness
85 millions of speakers
vi

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ghoulishness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ghoulishness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटारडेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ghoulishness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghoulishness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ghoulishness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ghoulishness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ghoulishness
30 millions of speakers
el

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ghoulishness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ghoulishness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ghoulishness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ghoulishness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ghoulishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GHOULISHNESS»

The term «ghoulishness» is used very little and occupies the 155.804 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GHOULISHNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ghoulishness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ghoulishness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ghoulishness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GHOULISHNESS»

Discover the use of ghoulishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ghoulishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Managing Quality Cultural Tourism
Ghoulishness, as witness the sundry chambers of horrors, Dungeons at London and York and similar attractions, can be a reason for visiting a site. Now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Alcatraz, the old prison island off San  ...
Priscilla Boniface, 2013
2
Mummies
Lewis comments, “Here [is] high ghoulishness, of a sort requiring strong stomachs. But the ghoulishness had a distinct moral agenda [reason], intended both to demonstrate the monks' indifference to death and to steel them to it.”26 “ Here [is] ...
Adam Woog, 2009
3
Hitchcock: The Making of a Reputation
According to New York Magazine reviewer David Denby, "as it goes on and on, and the stabbings and murders pile up, the gruesome stupidity of today's horror film mentality overwhelms Hitchcock's spirit of comic ghoulishness ...
Robert E. Kapsis, 1992
4
The Survey
A Lesson in Ghoulishness IF LITTLE responsibility is felt for these children while they live, even less is manifested when they die. Jerry ('runcher could take lessons in ghoulishness in Baltimore today. Two of the little dead babies are placed in ...
‎1916
5
Irish plays and playwrights
There is in these verses a certain morbidity, an almost ghoulishness, that is very seldom present elsewhere in his writing. ... for there is a more intense preoccupation with death in the plays of M. Maeterlinck's youth and a greater ghoulishness ...
Cornelius Weygandt, 1913
6
Hitchcock at the Source: The Auteur as Adapter
... Manhattan apartment) and hiring the young playwright Arthur Laurents to compose the screenplay, Hitchcock made changes that tended to increase the ghoulishness of the story, as if there were not already enough ghoulishness in the play, ...
R. Barton Palmer, David Boyd, 2011
7
The Machine that Sings: Modernism, Hart Crane and the ...
of technological progress with ghoulishness. Alluding to Whitman's Civil War experiences of offering succor to wounded soldiers (and to the parts of Specimen Days in which these experiences are recounted), Crane pictures Whitman at his ...
Gordon A. Tapper, 2013
8
A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock
After commissioning his actor friend Hume Cronyn to write a motion-picture treatment and the budding Hollywood writer Arthur Laurents to compose the screenplay, Hitchcock made various changes that tended to increase the ghoulishness of ...
Thomas Leitch, Leland Poague, 2011
9
Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural
He thought that the raw notes would be of interest, but for anyone “to attempt to develop that material in imitation of Fort would smack of ghoulishness.” Thayer attempted to flatter Dreiser back into the fold, asking if he would provide a ...
Jim Steinmeyer, 2008
10
The Renaissance Conscience
Ifwitnessing his own exposure terrifies the man, witnessing (through the same self-objectifying imagination) his own ghoulishness fascinates him. The supernatural dagger of Act II, by enticing the thane towards his destiny, draws out this ...
Harald E. Braun, Edward Vallance, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GHOULISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ghoulishness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hey look, another magazine cover story about Elizabeth Warren as …
... Time is the third magazine to recently put the Massachusetts senator on its cover next to some description of her scariness and ghoulishness. «Boston.com, Jul 15»
2
Overnight Finance: Jeb's huge haul; WH wants long highway bill
... Time is the third magazine to recently put the Massachusetts senator on its cover next to some description of her scariness and ghoulishness. «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
We've Now Got The Perfect Horror Movie Premise Playing Out In …
So this isn't a complete case of ghoulishness by the city council in Memphis – Forrest's remains might just be going back to the cemetery he ... «The Hayride, Jul 15»
4
Both Major US Parties are Plagues on Humanity. “They Lie for a …
“Hillary best expressed the ghoulishness of America's ruling duopoly.” A number of Clinton's correspondences were with Sidney Blumenthal, ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
5
Both Major US Parties are Plagues on Humanity
“Hillary best expressed the ghoulishness of America's ruling duopoly.” A number of Clinton's correspondences were with Sidney Blumenthal, ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
6
Catching History's Criminals and Dogs: Their Secret Lives reviewed …
Surgeon and writer Gabriel Weston, though she spells her name like a man, is easily posh enough to plunge elbow-deep into ghoulishness ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
20 Years Ago, 'Batman Forever' Was 'Jurassic World' Of Its Day
/Time Warner Inc. was not ditching its biggest franchise, but they could not have a repeat of the second film's ghoulishness. Into this mess ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
8
China: Staking Claim in the New World Order
... seemingly oblivious to the ghoulishness of his words. “The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most ... «The New American, Jun 15»
9
The best Android games from May 2015
... like Grim Fandango, with its brilliant depiction of the afterlife as a stylistic mix of 1930s film noir and Mexican Day of the Dead ghoulishness. «Pocket Gamer, Jun 15»
10
Three very different authors will share their books
... doing autopsies, the sense of being closed in and trapped increases. Plus, it adds a layer of ghoulishness necessary to test Allie once again. «Salisbury Post, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ghoulishness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ghoulishness>. Apr 2024 ».
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