macabre
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Set in a fictional black neighborhood in Ohio, “Sula” injects macabre horror and supernatural elements into its portrayal of an ecstatically intimate female friendship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The lack of information in the macabre death has fuelled intrigue and ignited an online following, with many hypothesising about the girl's connection to the Romantic Homicide singer.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Maybe this duo hasn’t monetized their show quite yet, and if that’s the case, perhaps they could choose a time other than the witching hour to record their macabre podcast?
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
I’m tempted to say that Thursday evening was peculiar, or perhaps macabre, but the fact is, I have no bill-filling adjectives for Thursday evening.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing macabre
100 SAT Words Beginning with "M"
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