as in gruesome
extremely disturbing or repellent
a macabre movie about animated corpses
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Recent Examples of macabre
Then the plot departs from reality and descends into macabre humor, with Cole accidentally pushing the old lady down the stairs, killing her.
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Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Père Lachaise had had a similar problem until its operators, in a macabre bit of marketing, arranged for the remains of Molière and Jean de La Fontaine to be relocated to their grounds.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Folks dropped letters of thanks in the Marshall’s mailbox, saying the macabre decor brightened their day.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
There’s a third kid involved in the story called Oliver, played with macabre relish by Jonah Wren Phillips.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 May 2025
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Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Père Lachaise had had a similar problem until its operators, in a macabre bit of marketing, arranged for the remains of Molière and Jean de La Fontaine to be relocated to their grounds.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Folks dropped letters of thanks in the Marshall’s mailbox, saying the macabre decor brightened their day.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
There’s a third kid involved in the story called Oliver, played with macabre relish by Jonah Wren Phillips.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macabre
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Accounts of government and police repression have only gotten more gruesome, with Amnesty Kenya reporting that 16 people have been shot and killed as of June 28 and local officials claiming that hundreds have been injured (while also alleging that most of those hurt were police officers).—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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Forget turning on some gruesome horror movie: reading the daily headlines is enough to make just about anyone scream.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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Throughout the Holocaust, the Nazis concentrated European Jews in urban ghettos, which were marked by horrific living conditions, forced labor and the threat of execution.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
30 June 2025
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And that's a tough sell to a jury that spent weeks listening to horrific testimony about Diddy and his empire.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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The 6-foot-7 forward will join Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis with the Mavericks, who are looking to turn around the franchise following the shocking midseason trade of Luka Dončić in February.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The Paris heavyweight routed Atletico Madrid 4-0 in their Club World Cup opening game, suffered a shocking 1-0 upset by Brazilian club Botafogo in their second match, and then beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 to clinch first place in the group.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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“Macabre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macabre. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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