The pile of bodies under the bridge was such a macabre sight.
Source: tatoeba (4028919)
Macabre
/məˈkɑb/
Synonyms for "macabre" (107 found)
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Noun(1 words)
art thou sick
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (32)
Adjective(10 words)
ghastlierghastliestghastlygothic novelgothic sculpturegothic wato artifactgothic wato fictiongothic wato narrativegothic wato palettegothic wato setting
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Adjective(14 words)
grimgrislygrotesquegruesomehaggardhideoushorrendoushorriblehorridhorrifichorrifyinglividluridmorbidmortuarypaleredoubtableschrecklichshockingspookish
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Noun(9 words)
Adverb(1 words)
more gothic wato
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8 entriesclinical detachment with morbiditydeath imagerygrim imagerygrotesque scenehorror filmironic macabre tonemacabre still lifesatirical macabre style
Collocations
8 entriesmacabre aestheticmacabre humormacabre imagerymacabre motifmacabre scenemacabre subjectmacabre thememacabre tone
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1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
How can you watch such macabre movies without having nightmares?
Source: tatoeba (4028922)
He enjoys engaging in macabre activities such as dissecting animal corpses and stalking people on the street at night.
Source: tatoeba (4028931)
Anne Rice, writer of the supernatural and the macabre, has died. She was 80.
Source: tatoeba (10558403)
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