macabre
Representing or personifying deathRepresenting or personifying death.
» This macabre photo has travelled around the world.
Meaning
3 sensesRepresenting or personifying death.
makaber
макабрическийmakabričeskij
Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
grausig
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Examples
5 sentencesThis macabre photo has travelled around the world.
How can you watch such macabre movies without having nightmares?
The pile of bodies under the bridge was such a macabre sight.
He enjoys engaging in macabre activities such as dissecting animal corpses and stalking people on the street at night.
Anne Rice, writer of the supernatural and the macabre, has died. She was 80.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from French macabre, whose etymology is uncertain. Possibly from the term danse mBorrowed from French macabre, whose etymology is uncertain. Possibly from the term danse macabre, most commonly believed to be from corruption of the biblical name Maccabees; compare Latin Chorea Machabaeorum.
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Forms
more macabre, most macabre| Comparative | more macabre Lesson |
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| Superlative | most macabre Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form