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macabre

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

ma·ca·bre

adj
\mə-ˈkäb; -ˈkä-brə, -bər; -ˈkäbrə\

Definition of MACABRE

1
: having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
2
: dwelling on the gruesome
3
: tending to produce horror in a beholder

Examples of MACABRE

  1. a macabre story of murder and madness
  2. Police discovered a macabre scene inside the house.

Origin of MACABRE

French, from (danse) macabre dance of death, from Middle French (danse de) Macabré
First Known Use: 1889

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