GHOULISHNESS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

ghoulishness

noun

as in ghostliness

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Recent Examples of ghoulishness To emphasize the ghoulishness, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki shoots the president and his advisors in unflattering low angles with a formaldehyde sheen. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 And Art the Clown’s mime-of-mayhem harlequin ghoulishness is part of the extremity. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The best scene is likely when the swarm of rats first comes to town, played up for maximum creepiness.

— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
House of Leaves is all about destabilization, and the layout of the book helps with its creepiness.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 June 2026

Definition of creepiness

Noun

There’s ample gore and jumpy moments, but the true scariness here is of the forlorn kind; leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen play the mounting nightmare with ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of a dolefully eerie movie.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
In Howard Schwartz’s version of Rabbinic folktales, the images and storylines of Jewish folklore become colorful, polymorphic, and wondrous while never losing an aura of ancient scariness.

— Jon Raymond August 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025

Definition of scariness

Noun

Trump’s narcissistic obsession with the place, together with the miasmic hatefulness of his words and actions, has caused artists to flee en masse.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
Comment sections have always attracted hatefulness and resentment; these ones just happen to encourage it more explicitly.

— Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025

Definition of hatefulness

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