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   Ma·ca·bre

   /məˈkäbrə/

   

   adjective

   • 1. disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury: "a macabre series of murders" Similar gruesomegrislygrimgorymorbidghastlyunearthlyluridgrotesquehideoushorrifichorriblehorrifyinghorridhorrendousterrifyingfrighteningfrightfulfearsomeshockingdreadfulappallingloathsomerepugnantrepulsivesickeningblackweirdunhealthysick

   Word Origin mid 19th century (in dance macabre): French, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death’, from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee’ (see Maccabee), with reference to a late medieval dance or procession called ‘the dance of the Maccabees’.

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   macabre. adjective. ma· ca· bre mə-ˈkäb -ˈkä-brə. -bər, -ˈkäbrᵊ. Synonyms of macabre. 1. : having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death. The macabre dance included a procession of skeletons. 2. : dwelling on the gruesome. a macabre presentation of a tragic story. 3.

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    of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect. of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death. macabre. / -brə; məˈkɑːbə / adjective. gruesome; ghastly; grim. resembling or associated with the danse macabre.

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