Ghoulish vs Sadistic - What's the difference?
ghoulish | sadistic |
Of or pertaining to ghouls.
Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
* 1922 — ,
Fascinated by corpses.
Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain of others.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain of others.
As adjectives the difference between ghoulish and sadistic
is that ghoulish is of or pertaining to ghouls while sadistic is delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain of others.ghoulish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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.
See also
* ghastly * macabresadistic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.