Meaning of macabre

ma•ca•bre

Pronunciation: (mu-kä'bru, -käb', -kä'bur), [key]

— adj.

gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect.
of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

macabre (Thesaurus)

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