macabre
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When that wish starts to come true, his life takes a turn for the macabre.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Rear Window” measured the consequences of humanity’s voyeuristic preoccupation with the macabre.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
From that ordeal came “Deathfugue,” first appearing in 1947 in Romanian translation as “Death Tango,” a title that better suggests its delirious, macabre motion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“It’s become this macabre joke in the business: What is the most important part of an airplane? All of them!”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Each day they delved more deeply into the secrets of the “castle,” and each day turned up additional evidence that Holmes was something far worse than even Geyer’s macabre discoveries indicated.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing macabre
100 SAT Words Beginning with "M"
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