macabrely
In ghastly fashion
In a macabre manner—gruesomely, morbidly, with disturbing focus on death or horror.
The film macabrely lingers on the corpse.
She laughed macabrely at the funeral arrangements.
The word is uncommon; most writers prefer *in a macabre way* or restructure the sentence entirely.
In horrifying manner
- ghoulishlyIn a death-obsessed way
- morbidlyWith unhealthy fixation
- cadaverouslyIn corpse-like manner
- necroticOf dying tissue
mortuary · corpse · death · decay · cemetery · coffin · autopsy · coroner
In a persistently unsettling way
- chillinglyIn a frightening way
- creepilyIn unsettling manner
- spookilyIn an unsettling manner
- sinisterlyIn an evil manner
ominously · unnervingly · spectrally · supernaturally · uncannily · frighteningly · terrifyingly · disturbingly
In a repugnant manner
- hideouslyIn a repugnant way
- horrificallyIn a terrifying manner
- repulsivelyIn a revolting manner
- revoltinglyIn a repulsive way
sickeningly · distastefully · gorily · viscerally · shockingly · nightmarishly · dreadfully · abhorrently
In hopeless manner
- sombrelyIn a grave manner
- lugubriouslyIn mournful manner
- sepulchrallyIn tomb-like fashion
- dismallyIn a bleak way
gloomily · morosely · mournfully · dolefully · gravely · darkly · dourly · melancholically
gruesomely
In horrifying manner
- ghoulishlyIn a death-obsessed way
- morbidlyWith unhealthy fixation
- cadaverouslyIn corpse-like manner
necrotic · mortuary · corpse · death · decay · cemetery · coffin · autopsy · coroner · embalm
hauntingly
In a persistently unsettling way
- chillinglyIn a frightening way
- creepilyIn unsettling manner
- spookilyIn an unsettling manner
sinisterly · ominously · unnervingly · spectrally · supernaturally · uncannily · frighteningly · terrifyingly · disturbingly · unsettlingly
horridly
In a repugnant manner
- hideouslyIn a repugnant way
- horrificallyIn a terrifying manner
- repulsivelyIn a revolting manner
revoltingly · sickeningly · distastefully · gorily · viscerally · shockingly · nightmarishly · dreadfully · abhorrently
bleakly
In hopeless manner
- sombrelyIn a grave manner
- lugubriouslyIn mournful manner
- sepulchrallyIn tomb-like fashion
dismally · gloomily · morosely · mournfully · dolefully · gravely · darkly · dourly · melancholically · drearily
macabrelycheerfully
In a glad manner
joyfully · lightheartedly · merrily · brightly · happily
macabrelyinnocently
Without intent to harm
wholesomely · comfortingly · reassuringly · soothingly · vitally
- macabre humorJokes about death, suffering
- danse macabreAllegorical mortality theme
- macabre storiesTales fixated on death
- macabre imageryPictures evoking death