macabre
Example Sentences
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Even so, the kaleidoscope of tales and vignettes, and the blurring of the banal with the macabre, produces a dusky, dreamlike atmosphere that envelopes one’s thoughts like a fine mist.
As macabre as that sounds, the conceit channels actual anxieties in Japan about providing for a growing population of seniors.
From New York Times
True-crime and conspiracy-theory podcasts regularly revisit the story of the siege in macabre detail, an old story finding new interest in an era of paranoia and skepticism about state institutions.
From Washington Post
“It’s less gruesome than people think. They think it’s going to be very macabre or very disgusting but it’s not. It’s done in a very respectful way.”
From Seattle Times
The creators of “Yellowjackets” said they didn’t set out to merely tease the show’s most macabre elements.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
