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Another word for macabre

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Adjective

  1. Susceptible to or marked by preoccupation with unwholesome matters

    See also:

    good

  2. Shockingly repellent

    See also:

    beautiful

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Another word for macabre

Modifier
  1. See also:

    offensive

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Sentence Examples

  • Dean had no desire to know the macabre contents.

  • My taste in movies is rather dark, I enjoy mostly macabre horror films.

  • After the increase of crime in her neighborhood, Annie began to be questioned about some of her macabre hobbies.

  • Halloween can rattle my nerves, because I am easily frightened by the macabre pranks at that time of year.

  • Even the homocide detectives were surprised by the macabre level of this crime.

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