ghoul
Word family adjectiveghoulishadverbghoulishlynounghoulghoulishness
ghoul /ɡuːl/ noun [countableC] 1. ROMan evil spirit in stories that takes bodies from graves (=place in the ground where dead people are buried) and eats them 食尸鬼〔传说中从坟墓里挖尸体吃的魔鬼〕 —ghoulish adjectiveadj
Origin ghoul (1700-1800) Arabic ghul, from ghala “to seize”