macabre
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8.7
- adjective
- /məˈkɑːb/
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macabro
- The museum displayed a series of macabre paintings depicting scenes of death and despair.
So it kills and several very imaginative and very macabre ways.
- So it kills and several very imaginative and very macabre ways.
- I've had a good life, man, I'm good and it's not like I'm talking in a macabre sort of way.
- It's like a macabre and twisted photo album of pictures you do not want to see.
Examples
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I must admit, some of your friends have a macabre sense of humor.
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He found a macabre thrill in reading horror stories that detailed gruesome events.
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All right, I thought it was kind of, you know, macabre to show, you know, death.
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In time, we even found a few funny, macabre things to say.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's like a macabre and twisted photo album of pictures you do not want to see.
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Ron and Marie themselves have never been seen since, just another macabre mystery.
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What basis in fact do you have for these macabre speculations?
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The two are emblematic of each other in a macabre sort of way.
Blog text (8) -
As my assistant can attest, it is a most macabre affair.
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Of them all, the group's president, Penny Odin, had the most macabre story.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
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5.5
Causing great fear or shock
95
4.5
Makes people feel very afraid and shocked
90
6.2
Shocking and unpleasant because it shows death or serious injury
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5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
82
7.0
Very shocking and scary, causing fear or disgust
57
4.5
Very bad and shocking, causing people to feel fear or sadness
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
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7.3
Showing an unhealthy interest in death or other upsetting things
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6.8
Causing great fear and shock, often like death or ghosts
38
7.4
Something that makes you feel fear or disgust
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6.5
Showing a lot of blood and violence, often in films or news reports
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7.0
Very frightening and unpleasant, like a bad dream
15
8.2
Showing an unhealthy interest in death and dead bodies
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7.6
Very cruel and shocking, causing great pain and fear
Causing strong fear or disgust that makes you shiver
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A picture or story that shows Death leading people from every social level to the grave
How Disturbing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Macabre comes from an old French phrase danse macabre, which literally means 'dance of death' and showed skeletons leading people to the grave. That's why macabre describes art or stories that are disturbing because they are about death.