"ghoul" meaning in English

See ghoul in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡuːl/, /ɡʊəl/, /ɡʉl/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland], /ɣul/ (note: Indic), /ɡul/ (note: Indic), /ɡʱul/ (note: spelling pronunciation) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav Forms: ghouls [plural], ghole [alternative]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: Borrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|goule}} Borrowed from French goule, {{der|en|fa|غول|tr=ġul}} Persian غول (ġul), {{der|en|ar|غُول}} Arabic غُول (ḡūl), {{root|en|ar|غ و ل}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghoul (plural ghouls)
  1. (mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses. Related terms (demon): Algol Translations (a spirit said to feed on corpses): غُول (ḡūl) [feminine] (Arabic), գուլ (gul) (Armenian), qulyabanı (Azerbaijani), qul (Azerbaijani), পিশাচ (piśac) (Bengali), вампи́р (vampír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), гул (gul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဂူးလ် (gul:) (Burmese), gul [masculine] (Catalan), 食屍鬼 /食尸鬼 (shíshīguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ghůl [masculine] (Czech), vampír [masculine] (Czech), démon [masculine] (Czech), غُول (ġūl) (Dari), ghoul [masculine] (Dutch), ghoulia [feminine] (Dutch), lijkenpikker [masculine] (Dutch), kadavromanĝulo (Esperanto), ĥulo (Esperanto), ghouli (Finnish), goule [feminine] (French), გული (guli) (Georgian), ვამპირი (vamṗiri) (Georgian), Ghul [masculine] (German), ע׳ול [masculine] (Hebrew), ग़ूल (ġūl) [masculine] (Hindi), पिशाच (piśāc) [masculine] (Hindi), गूल (gūl) [masculine] (Hindi), halottevő szellem (Hungarian), lélekfaló szellem (Hungarian), hullarabló szellem (Hungarian), vámpír (Hungarian), gúl (Hungarian), náæta [feminine] (Icelandic), gulo (Ido), غول (ġul) (Iranian Persian), amhailt [feminine] (Irish), gula (Italian), ghoul (Italian), グール (gūru) (Japanese), ғұл (ğūl) (Kazakh), 구울 (guul) (Korean), гул (gul) [masculine] (Macedonian), ва́мпир (vámpir) [masculine] (Macedonian), та́ласам (tálasam) [masculine] (Macedonian), wiindigoo (Ojibwe), غول (ğul) (Ottoman Turkish), ghul [masculine] (Polish), ghoul [masculine] (Portuguese), carniçal [masculine] (Portuguese), gula [feminine] (Portuguese), guli [masculine] (Portuguese), goule [feminine] (Portuguese), vampir [masculine] (Romanian), гуль (gulʹ) [masculine] (Russian), вурдала́к (vurdalák) [masculine] (Russian), вампи́р (vampír) [masculine] (Russian), غول (ğul) (South Azerbaijani), gul [masculine] (Spanish), demonio necrófago (Spanish), ghoul (Swedish), ғул (ġul) (Tajik), ғӯл (ġül) (Tajik), gulyabani (Turkish), şeytan (Turkish), hortlak (Turkish), gul (Turkish), gûl (Turkish), гуль (hulʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), غُول (ġūl) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-ghoul-en-noun-KN~XJpdx Categories (other): Mythology Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'demon': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'a spirit said to feed on corpses': 87 0 10 3
  2. A graverobber. Translations (a graverobber): мароде́р (marodér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 盜墓者 /盗墓者 (dàomùzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), vykradač hrobů [masculine] (Czech), საფლავის მძარცველი (saplavis mʒarcveli) (Georgian), Grabräuber [masculine] (German), hullarabló (Hungarian), sírgyalázó (Hungarian), ма́родер (mároder) [masculine] (Macedonian), hiena cmentarna [feminine] (Polish), jefuitor de morminte [masculine] (Romanian), nebbaş [archaic] (Turkish), mezar soyguncusu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ghoul-en-noun-I0TDQL6K Disambiguation of 'a graverobber': 0 100 0 0
  3. A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.
    Sense id: en-ghoul-en-noun-Pi6BiICp Categories (other): Death, Horror Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Horror: 23 23 31 23
  4. (derogatory, colloquial) A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns. Tags: colloquial, derogatory
    Sense id: en-ghoul-en-noun-bqjLpl6W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ojibwe translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Mythological creatures, Stock characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 3 19 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 5 14 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 5 11 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 4 9 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 5 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 2 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 10 2 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 10 2 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 5 11 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 22 2 26 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 5 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 2 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 5 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 4 8 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 5 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 3 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 11 2 29 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 5 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 18 5 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 30 3 9 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 2 28 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 20 5 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 14 4 8 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 5 10 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 5 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 4 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 10 2 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 5 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 2 30 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 4 12 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ojibwe translations: 20 4 10 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 35 3 11 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 10 2 29 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 4 13 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 2 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 5 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 4 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 3 8 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 4 10 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 20 5 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 4 10 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 5 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 20 4 10 67 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 10 3 4 82 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 6 5 5 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: book-ghoul, ghoulery, ghoulie, ghoulie-ghoul, ghoulie ghoul, ghoulification, ghoulish, ghoulism Related terms: resurrection man (alt: graverobber), resurrectionist, body snatcher, jinn, jann, nasnas, shaitan, angel
Categories (other): Crime, People, Personality Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "en",
      "name": "Crime",
      "orig": "en:Crime",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "en",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "en:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "en",
      "name": "Personality",
      "orig": "en:Personality",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "book-ghoul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulery"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulie-ghoul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulie ghoul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulification"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ghoulism"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ghoul"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "goule"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French goule",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "غول",
        "tr": "ġul"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian غول (ġul)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غُول"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic غُول (ḡūl)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غ و ل"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ghouls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghole",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ghoul (plural ghouls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "graverobber",
      "word": "resurrection man"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "resurrectionist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "body snatcher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nasnas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaitan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "angel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythology",
          "orig": "en:Mythology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1927, H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model:",
          "text": "The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              90,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby \"Boris\" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:",
          "text": "From my laboratory in the Castle east\nTo the master bedroom, where the vampires feast\nThe ghouls all came from their humble abodes\nTo get a jolt from my electrodes\nThey did the Mash\nThey did the Monster Mash.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A demon said to feed on corpses."
      ],
      "id": "en-ghoul-en-noun-KN~XJpdx",
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ],
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "demon",
          "word": "Algol"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "lang_code": "ar",
          "roman": "ḡūl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "غُول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "lang_code": "hy",
          "roman": "gul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "գուլ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "qulyabanı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "qul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "South Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
          "roman": "ğul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "غول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "lang_code": "bn",
          "roman": "piśac",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "পিশাচ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "vampír",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вампи́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "gul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гул"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "lang_code": "my",
          "roman": "gul:",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ဂူးလ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "shíshīguǐ",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "食屍鬼 /食尸鬼"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ghůl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vampír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "démon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ghoul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ghoulia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lijkenpikker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "kadavromanĝulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ĥulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ghouli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "guli",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "გული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "vamṗiri",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ვამპირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ghul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ע׳ול"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "ġūl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ग़ूल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "piśāc",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "पिशाच"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "gūl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "गूल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "halottevő szellem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "lélekfaló szellem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "hullarabló szellem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "vámpír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "gúl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "náæta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "lang_code": "io",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "gulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amhailt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "gula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ghoul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "gūru",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "グール"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "roman": "ğūl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ғұл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "lang_code": "ko",
          "roman": "guul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "구울"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "gul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гул"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "vámpir",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ва́мпир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "tálasam",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "та́ласам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "lang_code": "oj",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "wiindigoo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "lang_code": "ota",
          "roman": "ğul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "غول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "lang_code": "prs",
          "roman": "ġūl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "غُول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "lang_code": "fa-ira",
          "roman": "ġul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "غول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ghul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ghoul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carniçal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "goule"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vampir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "gulʹ",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гуль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "vurdalák",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вурдала́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "vampír",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вампи́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "demonio necrófago"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ghoul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "ġul",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ғул"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "lang_code": "tg",
          "roman": "ġül",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "ғӯл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "gulyabani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "şeytan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "hortlak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "gul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "word": "gûl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "hulʹ",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гуль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 10 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "lang_code": "ur",
          "roman": "ġūl",
          "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "غُول"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A graverobber."
      ],
      "id": "en-ghoul-en-noun-I0TDQL6K",
      "links": [
        [
          "graverobber",
          "graverobber"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "marodér",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мароде́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "dàomùzhě",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "word": "盜墓者 /盗墓者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vykradač hrobů"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "saplavis mʒarcveli",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "word": "საფლავის მძარცველი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Grabräuber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "word": "hullarabló"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "word": "sírgyalázó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "mároder",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́родер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hiena cmentarna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jefuitor de morminte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "nebbaş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "a graverobber",
          "word": "mezar soyguncusu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "en:Death",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 31 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Horror",
          "orig": "en:Horror",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive."
      ],
      "id": "en-ghoul-en-noun-Pi6BiICp",
      "links": [
        [
          "revolting",
          "revolting"
        ],
        [
          "repulsive",
          "repulsive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 3 19 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 5 14 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 11 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 4 9 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 30 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 30 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 30 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bengali translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 5 11 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 2 26 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Burmese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 30 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 12 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 8 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 11 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 3 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 2 29 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 11 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 11 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 3 9 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 2 28 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 4 8 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ido translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 5 10 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 11 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 4 9 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 30 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kazakh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 2 30 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 4 12 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 4 10 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ojibwe translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 3 11 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 29 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 4 13 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 2 30 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 5 11 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 4 9 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 3 8 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 4 10 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tajik translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 4 10 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 4 10 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Urdu translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 4 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "en:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 5 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Stock characters",
          "orig": "en:Stock characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              272,
              277
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 195:",
          "text": "Restored to bumptiousness, Peter arrived jauntily in the kitchen, to survey Mrs Dibble's body as a spectacle new to him, and remark, \"So the old trout's done herself in properly this time, I'm told. About time she did, the way she's been going on here.\" \"Shut up, you old ghoul, and help Dr Grimsby to carry her upstairs.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns."
      ],
      "id": "en-ghoul-en-noun-bqjLpl6W",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, colloquial) A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʊəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʉl/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣul/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡul/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʱul/",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ghoul"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from Arabic",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Persian",
    "English terms derived from the Arabic root غ و ل",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/uːl",
    "Rhymes:English/uːl/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Burmese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Ojibwe translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "en:Crime",
    "en:Death",
    "en:Horror",
    "en:Mythological creatures",
    "en:People",
    "en:Personality",
    "en:Stock characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "book-ghoul"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulery"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulie"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulie-ghoul"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulie ghoul"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulification"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulish"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghoulism"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "ghoul"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "goule"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from French goule",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "غول",
        "tr": "ġul"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian غول (ġul)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غُول"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic غُول (ḡūl)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غ و ل"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ghouls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghole",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ghoul (plural ghouls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "demon",
      "word": "Algol"
    },
    {
      "alt": "graverobber",
      "word": "resurrection man"
    },
    {
      "word": "resurrectionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "body snatcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "jinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "jann"
    },
    {
      "word": "nasnas"
    },
    {
      "word": "shaitan"
    },
    {
      "word": "angel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1927, H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model:",
          "text": "The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              90,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby \"Boris\" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:",
          "text": "From my laboratory in the Castle east\nTo the master bedroom, where the vampires feast\nThe ghouls all came from their humble abodes\nTo get a jolt from my electrodes\nThey did the Mash\nThey did the Monster Mash.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A demon said to feed on corpses."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ],
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A graverobber."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "graverobber",
          "graverobber"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revolting",
          "revolting"
        ],
        [
          "repulsive",
          "repulsive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              272,
              277
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 195:",
          "text": "Restored to bumptiousness, Peter arrived jauntily in the kitchen, to survey Mrs Dibble's body as a spectacle new to him, and remark, \"So the old trout's done herself in properly this time, I'm told. About time she did, the way she's been going on here.\" \"Shut up, you old ghoul, and help Dr Grimsby to carry her upstairs.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, colloquial) A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʊəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ghoul.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-ghoul.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʉl/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣul/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡul/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʱul/",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ḡūl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "gul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "գուլ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "qulyabanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "qul"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "South Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "roman": "ğul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "غول"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "piśac",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "পিশাচ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "vampír",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вампи́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "gul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гул"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "roman": "gul:",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ဂူးလ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "shíshīguǐ",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "食屍鬼 /食尸鬼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ghůl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vampír"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "démon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ghoul"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ghoulia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lijkenpikker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "kadavromanĝulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ĥulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ghouli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "guli",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "გული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "vamṗiri",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ვამპირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ghul"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ע׳ול"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "ġūl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ग़ूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "piśāc",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पिशाच"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "gūl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "halottevő szellem"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "lélekfaló szellem"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "hullarabló szellem"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "vámpír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "gúl"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "náæta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "gulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amhailt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "gula"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ghoul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "gūru",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "グール"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "ğūl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ғұл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "guul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "구울"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "gul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гул"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "vámpir",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ва́мпир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "tálasam",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "та́ласам"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "lang_code": "oj",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "wiindigoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "ğul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "غول"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "lang_code": "prs",
      "roman": "ġūl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "غُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "ġul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "غول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ghul"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ghoul"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carniçal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vampir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "gulʹ",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гуль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vurdalák",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вурдала́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vampír",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вампи́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gul"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "demonio necrófago"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ghoul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "ġul",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ғул"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "ġül",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "ғӯл"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "gulyabani"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "şeytan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "hortlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "gul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "word": "gûl"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hulʹ",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гуль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "ġūl",
      "sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "marodér",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мароде́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dàomùzhě",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "word": "盜墓者 /盗墓者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vykradač hrobů"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "saplavis mʒarcveli",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "word": "საფლავის მძარცველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grabräuber"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "word": "hullarabló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "word": "sírgyalázó"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "mároder",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́родер"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hiena cmentarna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jefuitor de morminte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "nebbaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a graverobber",
      "word": "mezar soyguncusu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ghoul"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ghoul meaning in English (17.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.