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ghoulish

English

Etymology

From ghoul +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??u?l??/

Adjective

ghoulish (comparative more ghoulish, superlative most ghoulish)

  1. Of or pertaining to ghouls.
  2. Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
    • 1922, H. P. Lovecraft, 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.
  3. Fascinated by corpses.

Translations

See also

  • ghastly
  • macabre

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masochism

English

Etymology

Named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose novel "Venus in Furs" explores a sadomasochistic relationship, +? -ism.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?mæs.?.k?.z?m/, /?mæz.?.k?.z?m/

Noun

masochism (countable and uncountable, plural masochisms)

  1. The enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

Synonyms

  • algophilia

Antonyms

  • sadism

Derived terms

  • masochist
  • masochistic
  • sadomasochism

Translations

See also

  • sadism

Anagrams

  • machismos, machoisms

Romanian

Etymology

From French masochisme

Noun

masochism n (uncountable)

  1. masochism

Declension

Related terms

  • masochist

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