Macabre
Macabre adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Usage example: a macabre movie about animated corpses
Obnoxious
Obnoxious adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: an obnoxious law that was widely flouted and engendered a whole new level of criminal activity
Macabre and obnoxious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Macabre" instead an adjective "Obnoxious".
Nearby Word: obnoxiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- repulsive and macabre
- repulsive and obnoxious
- foul and macabre
- foul and obnoxious
- loathsome and macabre
- loathsome and obnoxious
- offensive and macabre
- offensive and obnoxious
- disgusting and macabre
- disgusting and obnoxious
- odious and macabre
- odious and obnoxious
- revolting and macabre
- revolting and obnoxious
Both words in one sentence
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Lighter and Softer: The original version of the first book (published after Lindgren's death under the title Ur-Pippi, or "proto-Pippi") was notably more absurd, anarchistic and at times macabre, with more physical violence and a notably more obnoxious and confrontational Pippi.
Source: Literature / Pippi Longstocking
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