In English, macabre was originally used in reference to this "dance of death" but then gradually broadened in use to describe anything grim or horrific. Today macabre functions as a synonym of …

In art, the term macabre (US: / məˈkɑːb / or UK: / məˈkɑːbrə /; French: [makabʁ]) means "having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere". The macabre emphasises the details and symbols of …

Serious and unpleasant (Definition of macabre from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

MACABRE definition: gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. See examples of macabre used in a sentence.

Definition of macabre adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Upsetting or horrifying by association with death or injury; gruesome: "When Lucia describes [the saints'] torments, Jo sees a chorus of macabre dolls, most of them missing parts" (Nancy Reisman).

Characterized by or suggestive of the gruesomeness of the danse macabre; grim, horrific, repulsive. One Dance of Death circles uninterruptedly from end to end... The book is macabre, but unaffectedly …

You describe something such as an event or story as macabre when it is strange and horrible or upsetting, usually because it involves death or injury. Police have made a macabre discovery. Mr …

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The adjective macabre is used to describe things that involve the horror of death or violence. If a story involves lots of blood and gore, you can call it macabre.