Horrifying
Horrifying adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: received horrifying death threats from the townspeople because he had accused the popular football coach of sexual misconduct
Macabre is a synonym for horrifying. In some cases you can use "Macabre" instead an adjective "Horrifying".
Macabre
Macabre adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Usage example: a macabre movie about animated corpses
Horrifying is a synonym for macabre in gruesome topic. You can use "Horrifying" instead an adjective "Macabre".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lurid and horrifying
- lurid and macabre
- hideous and horrifying
- hideous and macabre
- terrible and horrifying
- terrible and macabre
- atrocious and horrifying
- atrocious and macabre
- dreadful and horrifying
- dreadful and macabre
- frightful and horrifying
- frightful and macabre
- horrendous and horrifying
- horrendous and macabre
Both words in one sentence
- Modern lore often attributes macabre and horrifying "origin stories" to nursery rhymes; the most widespread possibly being that "Ring Around the Rosy" is a song about the plague.
Source: Nursery Rhyme
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