[adjective]Ghoulish means ugly, unpleasant or frightening.ghoulish facesShe smiled a ghoulish smile, her front teeth missing.(disapproving) Ghoulish often means connected with death and unpleasant things or tending to think about them to an unhealthy degree: People take such a ghoulish delight in reading about horrific murders.
GHOULISH
Meaning of GHOULISH in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012