morbid
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Maybe the only purpose in any of this is to prolong morbid fascinations, to twist the knife.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
As a reader might gather, “Neighbors” falls into the category of what is unkindly categorized as freak-show documentary—the characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
One of Paris's top tourist attractions -- and certainly its most morbid -- closes to visitors from Monday for six months of renovations.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
Adah did weird, morbid things for her hope chest, black borders on cloth napkins and the like, which exhausted our mother.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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