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an evil spirit
a tale of a decrepit mansion haunted by a gallery of ghoulies
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Recent Examples of ghoulie
Between his starring roles in The Conjuring films and the Insidious series Patrick Wilson has become very familiar with onscreen ghosts and ghoulies, which may explain why the actor has made the fifth entry in the latter franchise his directorial debut.
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Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
An oldie but a ghoulie, er, goody.
—Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2020
Ghosties and ghoulies and Stephen King beasties: TV has become a hellscape of our literal and metaphorical fears.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2019
Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
An oldie but a ghoulie, er, goody.
—Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2020
Ghosties and ghoulies and Stephen King beasties: TV has become a hellscape of our literal and metaphorical fears.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulie
Noun
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In the present, Belly whips the bracelet Jere brought her back from Cabo across the room and shuffles around campus like a ghost, seeing visions of him everywhere.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
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Also, the fact that Ken gets cursed by a crazy old ghost actually helps Momo in her alien abduction predicament, with Momo’s newfound spiritual abilities helping to curb Ken’s curse.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Noun
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It was emptied of us and, therefore, full of dunes and demons, bogs and bleeding trees.—
Devon Walker-Figueroa,
The New York Review of Books,
3 July 2025
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Things become messy when a popular rival boy band – The Saja Boys – are revealed to be demons.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Even a half-century later, the undead ghouls that descend upon survivors in a Pennsylvania farm house are timeless and the gut-punch ending couldn't be more timely.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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And people who are hoping to have the latest and greatest ghouls in their front yard might want to consider stocking up a bit early this year.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
9 June 2025
Noun
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In that way, Broken Voices is about the circumstances that allow abuse to happen; Vitek is like a vampire, a cold and distant creature capable of great charm, and Karolina, in all her disarming naivety, is easy prey.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
10 July 2025
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So far, the answer seems to be blues-loving vampires, a cuddly alien and a life-sized block world.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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In his mug shot, Anton bears little resemblance to the handsome devil from the earlier composite image.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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To play devil’s advocate to myself, though, this time around the contestants have air conditioning, which might have been a deal-breaker in order to get any contestants from The Golden Bachelor/ette there.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
8 July 2025
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“Ghoulie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghoulie. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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