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Ghoulish vs Masochism - What's the difference?

ghoulish | masochism |

As an adjective ghoulish

is of or pertaining to ghouls.

As a noun masochism is

the enjoyment of receiving pain.

ghoulish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to ghouls.
  • Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
  • * 1922 — , Herbert West: Reanimator
  • We had that afternoon dug a grave in the cellar, and would have to fill it by dawn -- for although we had fixed a lock on the house, we wished to shun even the remotest risk of a ghoulish discovery.
  • Fascinated by corpses.
  • See also

    * ghastly * macabre

    masochism

    English

    Noun

  • the enjoyment of receiving pain
  • Antonyms

    * (the enjoyment of giving pain) sadism

    Derived terms

    * masochist * masochistic * sadomasochism