Macabre
adjective
Related to death or horror, very scary in a way that makes you think of death.
The movie depicts a macabre scene of a murder.
Often appears as...
- macabre scene
- macabre tale
adjective
Interested in things that are unpleasant or disturbing because they involve death and suffering.
He has a macabre sense of humor.
Often appears as...
- macabre fascination
- macabre interest
adjective
Related to death or horror, very scary in a way that makes you think of death.
The movie depicts a macabre scene of a murder.
Often appears as...
- macabre scene
- macabre tale
adjective
Interested in things that are unpleasant or disturbing because they involve death and suffering.
He has a macabre sense of humor.
Often appears as...
- macabre fascination
- macabre interest
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Macabre has a dark and negative feeling; it doesn't suit positive contexts.
The eerie soundtrack added a macabre tone to the documentary about the haunted castle.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Macabre often evokes strong visual images of death or decay.
Artists painted macabre images reflecting the horrors of war.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Association
Macabre is associated with Gothic literature, Halloween, and certain subcultures.
The gothic novel featured macabre settings like dreary castles and graveyards.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Macabre has a dark and negative feeling; it doesn't suit positive contexts.
The eerie soundtrack added a macabre tone to the documentary about the haunted castle.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Macabre often evokes strong visual images of death or decay.
Artists painted macabre images reflecting the horrors of war.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Association
Macabre is associated with Gothic literature, Halloween, and certain subcultures.
The gothic novel featured macabre settings like dreary castles and graveyards.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Macabre has a dark and negative feeling; it doesn't suit positive contexts.
The eerie soundtrack added a macabre tone to the documentary about the haunted castle.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Macabre often evokes strong visual images of death or decay.
Artists painted macabre images reflecting the horrors of war.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Association
Macabre is associated with Gothic literature, Halloween, and certain subcultures.
The gothic novel featured macabre settings like dreary castles and graveyards.
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
because it was a bit sort of what the word is a bit rough i suppose in some respects it's not very nice when you hear all of those squishy sounds as the kind of internal organ starts spilling out of the impala which is a bit on the macabre side so nice that she's already done it and you don't have to witness all of that
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Paul Moller: Take a ride...
That's a macabre comment because we lost a lot of pilots. In fact, the aircraft companies gave up on vertical-takeoff aircraft more or less for a number of years. And there's really only one operational aircraft in the world today that's a vertical-takeoff aircraft -- as distinct from a helicopter --
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Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
sort of hesitancy to watch something like that it's by all means your own choice I'm just trying to put it in from my point of view as to why we sit with animals on carcasses and why we watch it and I know this afternoon it's been a pretty macabre afternoon in many respects we've got three different
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Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
And I've been writing about these creatures ever since. Few topics in biology enthrall me more. It's like the parasites have subverted my own brain. Because after all, they are always compelling and they are delightfully macabre. When you write about parasites, your lexicon swells with phrases like
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Pirates, nurses and...
And like many pirates of that era, he flew a flag that bore the macabre symbols of a human skull and a pair of crossed bones, because those motifs had signified death in so many cultures for centuries, that their meaning was instantly recognizable, even in the lawless, illiterate world of the high
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
africa europe and antarctica but in the karakoram home to some of the world's most colossal mountains no one has bothered to even name it or dozens of other similar peaks around it it's referred to on maps only by its height in feet nevertheless it holds the significant if macabre
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Why should you read...
a macabre darkness hangs over this seemingly tranquil situation. The boys’ shadows are compared to “black, bat-like creatures” while the choir itself first appears as “something dark... fumbling along” the beach. Within hours of their arrival,
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The Headless Mating...
his abdomen will continue mating with her for several hours before all signs of life disappear the strategy may seem macabre but it gives the female a large quantity of protein with which he can produce even more eggs
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Incredible Dolphin...
sardines joined with the predators in a beautiful yet macabre underwater valley there's little chance of escape for these fish
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
said then the other thing that we have over here other than the beautiful bird is a somewhat macabre scene over there
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
because it was a bit sort of what the word is a bit rough i suppose in some respects it's not very nice when you hear all of those squishy sounds as the kind of internal organ starts spilling out of the impala which is a bit on the macabre side so nice that she's already done it and you don't have to witness all of that
Video examples
Paul Moller: Take a ride...
That's a macabre comment because we lost a lot of pilots. In fact, the aircraft companies gave up on vertical-takeoff aircraft more or less for a number of years. And there's really only one operational aircraft in the world today that's a vertical-takeoff aircraft -- as distinct from a helicopter --
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 246 PIPE...
sort of hesitancy to watch something like that it's by all means your own choice I'm just trying to put it in from my point of view as to why we sit with animals on carcasses and why we watch it and I know this afternoon it's been a pretty macabre afternoon in many respects we've got three different
Video examples
Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...
And I've been writing about these creatures ever since. Few topics in biology enthrall me more. It's like the parasites have subverted my own brain. Because after all, they are always compelling and they are delightfully macabre. When you write about parasites, your lexicon swells with phrases like
Video examples
Pirates, nurses and...
And like many pirates of that era, he flew a flag that bore the macabre symbols of a human skull and a pair of crossed bones, because those motifs had signified death in so many cultures for centuries, that their meaning was instantly recognizable, even in the lawless, illiterate world of the high
Video examples
Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
africa europe and antarctica but in the karakoram home to some of the world's most colossal mountains no one has bothered to even name it or dozens of other similar peaks around it it's referred to on maps only by its height in feet nevertheless it holds the significant if macabre
Video examples
Why should you read...
a macabre darkness hangs over this seemingly tranquil situation. The boys’ shadows are compared to “black, bat-like creatures” while the choir itself first appears as “something dark... fumbling along” the beach. Within hours of their arrival,
Video examples
The Headless Mating...
his abdomen will continue mating with her for several hours before all signs of life disappear the strategy may seem macabre but it gives the female a large quantity of protein with which he can produce even more eggs
Video examples
Incredible Dolphin...
sardines joined with the predators in a beautiful yet macabre underwater valley there's little chance of escape for these fish
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
said then the other thing that we have over here other than the beautiful bird is a somewhat macabre scene over there
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
British Actor
Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies. It's the ones that deal with the inner fear: the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.
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Nicolas Cage
Actor
I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.
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Jennifer Connelly
American Actress
I almost moved into a place over a funeral parlor. My father said, 'That's just too macabre,' but I thought I'd be embracing my mortality. I told him it would keep me grounded - like when people get skull tattoos.
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Travis Knight
American Producer
Rather than a taste for the macabre, I like the full range of human emotion in a story, which means darkness and light. It means warmth, but it also potentially means scares.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge
English Actress
People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest.
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Lauren DeStefano
American Author
Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor
English Musician
I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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John 5
American Musician
I find the macabre fascinating; it's all over history.
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Samuel Ervin Beam
American Musician
I'm not a particularly macabre person.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
British Actor
Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies. It's the ones that deal with the inner fear: the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.
Quote examples
Nicolas Cage
Actor
I'm an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He's somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.
Quote examples
Jennifer Connelly
American Actress
I almost moved into a place over a funeral parlor. My father said, 'That's just too macabre,' but I thought I'd be embracing my mortality. I told him it would keep me grounded - like when people get skull tattoos.
Quote examples
Travis Knight
American Producer
Rather than a taste for the macabre, I like the full range of human emotion in a story, which means darkness and light. It means warmth, but it also potentially means scares.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.
Quote examples
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
English Actress
People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest.
Quote examples
Lauren DeStefano
American Author
Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.
Quote examples
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
English Musician
I like the influence of the macabre, but I don't believe in ghosts.
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John 5
American Musician
I find the macabre fascinating; it's all over history.
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Samuel Ervin Beam
American Musician
I'm not a particularly macabre person.
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