macabre ma·ca·bre adj

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macabre — maÂ·caÂ·breÂ· || mÉ™ kÉ‘ËbrÉ™ adj. terrifying, dark, gruesome, grim, horrible … English contemporary dictionary
macabre — ma|ca|bre [məˈka:brə, bə US brə, bər] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: (danse) macabre dance of death , from earlier (danse de) Macabré, perhaps from Medieval Latin chorea Maccabaeorum dance of the Maccabees , a representation of the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
macabre — ma•ca•bre [[t]məˈkɑ brə, ˈkɑb, ˈkɑ bər[/t]] adj. 1) gruesome in character; ghastly 2) of, dealing with, or representing death Sometimes, ma•ca•ber [[t]məˈkɑ bər[/t]] Etymology: 1400–50; < F; orig. uncert … From formal English to slang
macabrely — ma·ca·bre (mə kä’brə, mə käb’, kä’bər) adj. 1) 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).… … Word Histories

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