ghoulies
Mischievous folklore creatures
Ghoulies is an informal, often playful term for supernatural creatures like ghosts, goblins, or monsters—the stuff of Halloween and children's nightmares: ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties.
In British slang, ghoulies also means testicles, a euphemistic variant of "goolies": He got kicked right in the ghoulies.
Malicious mythical creatures
- impsMinor demons or rascals
- gremlinsImaginary mechanical saboteurs
- beastiesPlayful term for creatures
- creepy-crawliesSmall scuttling creatures
critters · monsters · fiends · demons · trolls · sprites · pixies · bogeymen
Spirits of the deceased
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
poltergeists · haunting · paranormal · undead · wraiths · revenants · ectoplasm · seance
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- genitalsReproductive organs
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- williesInformal term for unease
- heebie-jeebiesAnxious, jittery unease
Causing fright
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- frighteningInspiring terror or alarm
eerie · nightmarish · gruesome · ghastly · monstrous · terrifying · hair-raising · spine-chilling
goblins
Malicious mythical creatures
creepy-crawlies · critters · monsters · fiends · demons · trolls · sprites · pixies · bogeymen · nasties
ghosts
Spirits of the deceased
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
- phantomsApparitions, especially illusory
apparitions · poltergeists · haunting · paranormal · undead · wraiths · revenants · ectoplasm · seance · occult
privates
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heebie-jeebies · creeps · jitters · shivers · chills
scary
Causing fright
frightening · eerie · nightmarish · gruesome · ghastly · monstrous · terrifying · hair-raising · spine-chilling · goosebumps
ghouliesangels
Divine winged messengers
guardian angels · humans · mortals · cherubs · good spirits