Macabre
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 38 crossword solutions for Macabre which appeared recently in The Sun Cryptic.
We have deemed Macabre as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "GRUESOME".
Publications
- The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 22 Sep 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 21 Jul 2020
- The Daily Mail Smallest Hardest - Monday, 25 Nov 2019
Crossword Answers
4 letters
EERY
Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie midnight howl"
GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
SICK
Deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"
DIRE
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
GRUE
5 letters
SCARY
Provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
LURID
Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
WEIRD
Strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
EERIE
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"
6 letters
GRISLY
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
HORRID
Exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"
SPOOKY
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
MORBID
Suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"
GLOOMY
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
CREEPY
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
7 letters
FEARFUL
Timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
DEATHLY
Having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor"
GHOSTLY
Resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
HIDEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
GHASTLY
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
8 letters
GRUESOME
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
DREADFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
HORRIBLE
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
SHOCKING
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"
GHOULISH
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
TERRIBLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
9 letters
FRIGHTFUL
Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
DEATHLIKE
Having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor"
MONSTROUS
Abnormally large
OFFENSIVE
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
UNEARTHLY
Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
SICKENING
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
10 letters
CADAVEROUS
Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
HORRIFYING
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
DISGUSTING
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
11 letters
FRIGHTENING
The act of inspiring with fear