When Something Is Ghoulish?

Ghoulish things are scary or morbid. A ghoulish sense of humor favors jokes about death and gore. An interest in other people's misfortune could be called ghoulish, and so could a fascination with deadly car accidents or plane crashes.

How do you use ghoulish in a sentence?

suggesting the horror of death and decay. (1) They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity. (2) He takes a ghoulish delight in reading about horrific murders. (3) It was a ghoulish and, I knew immediately, untenable situation.

What does it mean to do something subtly?

When you do something subtly, you do it quietly and indirectly — like subtly criticizing your mom's choice of beachwear. If you smile subtly, it's a small, mysterious, Mona Lisa-type smile rather than a wide, open one.