macabre
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But audiences should not expect to see the 24-year-old — best known for her macabre role in Netflix’s “Wednesday” — with a deadpan expression or in a morose mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It’s the ideal midnight movie, an adroit balance of the funny and the macabre, the frightening and the ridiculous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
When that wish starts to come true, his life takes a turn for the macabre.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
He was believed to be a cheerfully overweight, somewhat enigmatic British chap with a delightfully macabre sense of humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
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