Associations to the word «Ghoul»

Pictures for the word «Ghoul»

Wiktionary

GHOUL, noun. (mythology) (folklore) A spirit said to feed on corpses.
GHOUL, noun. A graverobber
GHOUL, noun. A person with an undue interest in death and corpses.

Dictionary definition

GHOUL, noun. Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection.
GHOUL, noun. An evil spirit or ghost.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats