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How to pronounce macabre in English?

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Synonyms ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, sick


macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages.
macabre tortures conceived by madmen.

Examples of macabre

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He chose Oct. 7 because it's the day master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe died.
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EminemDre took a punt on the macabre musings of an angry white boy from Detroit.
From the guardian.co.uk
Inside, more fabric disguised furniture and architecture in a cirque de macabre.
From the sacbee.com
Maybe the spectators and the players did as well in a mesmeric, macabre lottery.
From the guardian.co.uk
The two depicted here are a part of his La Grande Danse macabre des vifs series.
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With his previous novel, Peter Carey took that idea and gave it a macabre twist.
From the time.com
Like the most macabre nightmares, Black Swan plunges headlong into the dark side.
From the usatoday.com
In the article about the elderly lady, she is called a ghoul, sick, macabre, sad.
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Interest in the macabre has long been a fascination to people around the world.
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More examples
  • Ghastly: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
  • In works of art, macabre (US /mu0259u02C8ku0251u02D0b/ mu0259-KAHB or UK /mu0259u02C8ku0251u02D0bru0259/; French:u00A0) is the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere. Macabre works emphasize the details and symbols of death. The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in nature.
  • Macabre (1958) is a thriller film directed by William Castle and based on a script by Robb White.
  • Macabre, international title for Rumah Dara (Indonesian title), and in Singapore titled Darah, is a 2010 Indonesian horror-slasher film. The film tells about a group who attempt to escape from a house that owned by mysterious lady named Dara and her family. ...
  • Macabre (stylized MACABRE) is the second studio album released by Dir En Grey on September 20, 2000. It is the band's first record to be released in collaboration of Free-Will's Firewall sub-division and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. ...
  • Macabre is an extreme metal band from the USA. They were formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and have never had a line-up change. They blend thrash metal, death metal, and grindcore (sometimes with nursery rhymes and folk melodies) to form their own unique style dubbed murder metal. ...
  • Representing or personifying death; Obsessed with death or the gruesome; Ghastly, shocking, terrifying
  • (macabreness) The state or condition of being macabre
  • Literally, dance of death; grim; horrible; gruesome.