Dark and Ghoulish

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Dark adjective - Being without light or without much light.

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Ghoulish and dark are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ghoulish" instead an adjective "Dark".

Nearby Words: darken, darkness, darkened, darkening, darkly

Ghoulish adjective - Suggesting the horror of death and decay.

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Dark and ghoulish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dark" instead an adjective "Ghoulish".

Nearby Word: ghoul

Body Horror: Whenever a character is being corrupted by dark chi, we can see the full transformation until they become a ghoulish like creature, and its not pretty.

Source: Video Game / Blade & Soul
Very common in horror games for a quick jump scare; like in Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, where a lightning flash in one of the outside areas shows a massive horde of ghoulish humans surrounding you for an instant.

Source: Lightning Reveal

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