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Recent Examples of ghoulish
People gave fans a first glimpse of Clarkson's dramatic makeover, showcasing her decked out in the iconic character's ghoulish style, right down to the rotten teeth and dark, circled eyes.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Consuelos joined the crowd by sporting Beetlejuice's most famous look complete with ghoulish makeup and green hair, but Ripa opted for Lydia's red wedding dress over the character's standard black ensemble.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The video, then, served as a continuation of this idea—with Gaga facing off against various ghoulish versions of herself, a battle of the evil-versus-the eviler.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Before long, June sees a ghoulish, oozing specter of her mother, who threatens to make June kill her sons.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Consuelos joined the crowd by sporting Beetlejuice's most famous look complete with ghoulish makeup and green hair, but Ripa opted for Lydia's red wedding dress over the character's standard black ensemble.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The video, then, served as a continuation of this idea—with Gaga facing off against various ghoulish versions of herself, a battle of the evil-versus-the eviler.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Before long, June sees a ghoulish, oozing specter of her mother, who threatens to make June kill her sons.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
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Bits were acute — the repeat of the first-movement exposition returned to the material with a ghostlier sheen — but full movements lacked through-lines of energy, focus and poignancy; the climaxes didn’t feel earned.Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Highway 101, located along Oregon’s Pacific Coast, holds a popular tale of a ghostly woman who vanished while driving near Cannon Beach many years ago.Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Data can be encoded in both the frequency and depth of these spectral holes.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Yun Zeng, a brilliant young horn player who this year assumed a co-principal position alongside Dohr, delivered a spectral solo that glowed through the murk and then was swallowed up in it.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Different versions of the nude Madonna might show a ghastly object of both fear and desire, or a liberated subject.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The project looks set to explore the same sense of unease surrounding daily life under Augusto Pinochet sparked by the ghastly deeds carried out by his regime.John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Emmy-winning screenwriter and producer, who died in 1975, headed the acclaimed TV series, which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1964, as well as its many memorable, and eerie, episodes.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Eyewitness reports, social media videos and officials confirm the drones are up to 6 feet in diameter, can quickly go from emitting eerie lights to no light at all and often avoid detection.Sophia Pargas, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The slanting afternoon light lends his ascent a spooky, otherworldly glow.Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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An immersive orchestral experience befitting the whole family, spend this holiday evening with the spectacular sound of strings singing spooky Christmas carols.Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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The final scene is as haunting as anything in movies this year.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Combined with some of Cockle’s stunning photographs, the result is haunting.Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 6 Dec. 2024
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The art direction helps maintain the creepy tension, making a bubbling pot of pumpkin soup look sinister and the click of staccato heels sound menacing.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Instead of petals shaped like a sweet white dog, Gulley got an array of flowers with creepy eyes peeking out; think less canine, more catastrophe.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Ghoulish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghoulish. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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