macabre

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Pronunciation

IPA /məˈkɑːbə(ɹ)/

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Adjective

macabre adjective

Representing or personifying death.
Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

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Synonyms

ghastly horrifying shocking terrifying grisly gruesome grim alarming ghoulish horrific appalling horrible eery heinous sinister eerie travesty morbid

Associated

cadaver danse harlequin grotesque faire allegory dahl supernatural horror suspense poe

Rhymes

clobber jobber slobber knobber candelabra bobber robber sabra sea robber swabber

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