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单词 macabre
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macabreadjective

uk/məˈkɑː.brə/us/məˈkɑː.brə/

used to describe something that is very strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence:

Even the police were horrified at the macabre nature of the killings.
She has a pretty macabre sense of humour.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Death and dying

  • be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
  • bereave
  • bite
  • bury
  • buy the farm idiom
  • depart
  • done
  • drop
  • expire
  • foot
  • gone
  • inquest
  • loss
  • mortality
  • peg
  • posthumous
  • road kill
  • SIDS
  • sudden infant death syndrome
  • the disappeared

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Serious and unpleasant

macabreadjective

us/məˈkɑb·rə, -ˈkɑb/

causing shock and fear because connected with death, esp. strange or cruel death:

After the diagnosis, he said he just wanted to stay “above ground,” she recalled, smiling at his macabre humor.
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