as in gruesome
extremely disturbing or repellent
a macabre movie about animated corpses
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Recent Examples of macabre
That something new is Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown (now on sale from Dark Horse Comics), a collection of deliciously macabre stories loosely inspired by folklore found ‘round the world.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Frontman Bryan Garris let out a mighty pig squeal as guest vocalist Poppy thrashed and screamed across the stage, dressed like an even more macabre girl from The Ring.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
A couple walking by a footbridge above the highway was stunned by the macabre scene.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
Poe, known for his macabre and Gothic style, was no stranger to audiences.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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Josh Weiss, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Frontman Bryan Garris let out a mighty pig squeal as guest vocalist Poppy thrashed and screamed across the stage, dressed like an even more macabre girl from The Ring.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
A couple walking by a footbridge above the highway was stunned by the macabre scene.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
Poe, known for his macabre and Gothic style, was no stranger to audiences.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macabre
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On September 2, 1885, in one of the most gruesome episodes of racial terror in American history, a group of white miners killed at least twenty-eight Chinese residents in Rock Springs and burned down the town’s Chinese quarter.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Fallen Sun stands out not just as a cop procedural, but also as a thriller that never shys away from the gruesome nature of the killer’s crime spree.—
Sezin Koehler,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Based on the memoir by Monique Smith, who endured a horrific childhood only to discover that her family wasn’t actually hers.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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Read Next California Toddler disfigured by burns in ‘horrific’ child endangerment case in CA.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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It’s been a shocking decline for the stock, which went public in late January and has already lost around two-thirds of its value.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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The implications of three shocking pieces of news have hardly registered—yet.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Macabre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macabre. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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