as in gruesome
extremely disturbing or repellent
a macabre movie about animated corpses
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Recent Examples of macabre
That Lovett is enterprising — an innovator, if a macabre one; this Lovett struggles to stay afloat.
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Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
All sorts of reasons … macabre fascination, people wanting to touch my father or shake his hand (believing God had spared him for a reason).
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
That day, the air in midtown Manhattan was choked with acrid wildfire smoke from Canada, and the sky was a macabre shade of orange.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
All sorts of reasons … macabre fascination, people wanting to touch my father or shake his hand (believing God had spared him for a reason).
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
That day, the air in midtown Manhattan was choked with acrid wildfire smoke from Canada, and the sky was a macabre shade of orange.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macabre
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Then, on November 25, 1987, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office received a gruesome package in the mail.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The gruesome recovery comes in the wake of a gruesome February incident, when a body was found inside a suitcase floating in the East River.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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The war has carried a horrific toll for Gazans, with many dead amid the fighting and whole neighborhoods razed to the ground.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Instead of just ending on that horrific moment, the show then cuts to Abby several days earlier.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Read more: Lakers' Bronny James Among NBA's Elite in One Unique Category Following the shocking comeback victory, Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark could not contain her excitement.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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The shocking 2023 implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible, which instantly killed all five passengers, is the subject of a damning new documentary from Netflix.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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“Macabre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macabre. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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