ghoulishly
With macabre relish
Ghoulishly means in a manner suggesting morbid fascination with death, horror, or the macabre.
A ghoul is a creature from folklore that feeds on corpses, so ghoulish behavior shows unseemly interest in gruesome things: The reporters ghoulishly pressed the grieving family for details.
The word often implies taking pleasure in what should disturb: He ghoulishly recounted every detail of the accident.
Keen pleasurable appreciation
- gleefulFull of high-spirited joy
- wickedlyIn an evil manner
- fiendishlyIn an evil manner
- diabolicallyIn a fiendish manner
sadistically · perversely · maliciously · mischievously · delighting · reveling · savoring · enjoying
Causing horror and disgust
- goryFull of bloodshed
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- bloodcurdlingExtremely frightening or horrifying
grisly · lurid · cadaverous · corpse-like · tomb · crypt · charnel · sepulchral
Disturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- spine-tinglingCausing thrilled fear
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
ominous · terrifying · horrifying · nightmarish · dreadful · sinister · menacing · blood-curdling
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
ethereal · otherworldly · haunted · undead · zombie · vampire · revenant · specter
relish
Keen pleasurable appreciation
- gleefulFull of high-spirited joy
- wickedlyIn an evil manner
- fiendishlyIn an evil manner
diabolically · sadistically · perversely · maliciously · mischievously · delighting · reveling · savoring · enjoying · cackling
gruesome
Causing horror and disgust
bloodcurdling · grisly · lurid · cadaverous · corpse-like · tomb · crypt · charnel · sepulchral · carrion
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- spine-tinglingCausing thrilled fear
- chillingCausing fear or cold
haunting · ominous · terrifying · horrifying · nightmarish · dreadful · sinister · menacing · blood-curdling · hair-raising
spectral
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
poltergeist · ethereal · otherworldly · haunted · undead · zombie · vampire · revenant · specter · spirit
trick-or-treat
Halloween candy solicitation
- jack-o'-lanternsCarved pumpkins with lights
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- candySugary edible treats
witches · skeletons · cobwebs · bats · spiders · pumpkins · masks · autumn · spooky · graveyard
ghoulishlywholesomely
In beneficial manner
healthily · innocently · sunnily · purely · normally
ghoulishlycompassionately
With caring concern
sympathetically · tenderly · kindly · caringly · empathetically
ghoulishlypleasantly
In an enjoyable manner
charmingly · delightfully · gracefully · beautifully · sweetly