macabre

[US]/mə'kɑːbr(ə)/
[UK]/məˈkɑbrə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. grim; focusing on death; causing a feeling of horror.

Example Sentences

images of the macabre and the grotesque.

a macabre series of murders.

He takes a macabre interest in graveyards.

macabre stories about tortures conceived by a madman.

macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages.See Synonyms at ghastly

A quatrain by my father and a macabre series that might prefigure the death of one of the members of the Royal Family... Quite package!

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