ghoulishly

/ˈɡuɫɪʃɫi/ adv

In a ghoulish manner.

Word Origin From Arabic ghul, a demon that digs up graves and feeds on corpses—a truly macabre image. That's why ghoulishly describes doing something in a morbid, creepy way, as if you were that grave-robbing spirit. The word ghoul entered English through French, and you can see it in ghoulishness too.

adv In a ghoulish manner.

The collector ghoulishly displayed the taxidermied animals in macabre poses.

(副词) 食尸鬼般地;鬼怪似地

收藏者以令人毛骨悚然的方式展示着摆出恐怖姿势的动物标本。

(adverbio) truculentamente; sádicamente; macabramente; morbosamente [De manera truculenta o sádica.]

El coleccionista exhibía de manera truculenta a los animales disecados en poses macabras.

(adverbe) de manière morbide; de façon macabre; macabrement; avec morbidité [De manière goulesque, avec une fascination morbide pour ce qui est macabre.]

Le collectionneur exposait de façon goulesque les animaux naturalisés dans des poses macabres.

(Adverb) grässlich; grauenhaft [auf eine makabre, grausige oder unnatürlich an Tod und Verfall interessierte Weise]

Der Sammler präsentierte die präparierten Tiere **ghoulishly** in gruseligen Posen.

(副詞) 死やグロテスクなものに異常な関心・嗜好を示す様子で。

その収集家は気味悪いことに、剥製にした動物たちを不気味なポーズで展示した。

(advérbio) macabramente [De maneira macabra.]

O colecionador exibia macabramente os animais empalhados em poses sinistas.

Word parts: ghoul + ish + ly

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