macabre

/mə'kɑ:br/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror: "Macabre" describes something that is disturbing and horrifying, often because it is connected with death, decay, or violence in a way that is both fascinating and frightening.
    • Having a grim or ghastly quality: It refers to an atmosphere, subject, or depiction that is grim, morbid, and unsettling.
Usage and Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The artist's paintings often feature macabre scenes of skeletons and ruins.
    • She has a macabre fascination with stories about haunted houses.
    • The details of the crime were too macabre to describe in the newspaper.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
  • "The macabre" (as a noun concept): Used to refer to things that are collectively horrifying or gruesome, especially as a genre or theme.
    • His writing delves into the macabre, exploring themes of mortality and fear.
  • Often used to describe art, literature, humor, or events that deal with death in a grotesque or eerie manner.
    • The film is a macabre comedy about a funeral home.
Variants and Related Words
  • Macabrely (adverb): In a macabre manner.
    • The story was macabrely funny.
  • Danse Macabre (noun phrase, from French): A medieval allegorical concept of the "Dance of Death," depicting the universality of death. This is a specific cultural reference.
    • The fresco depicted a classic Danse Macabre, with skeletons leading people from all walks of life.
Synonyms
  • Ghastly: Shockingly frightful or dreadful.
  • Grisly: Causing horror or disgust, especially through violence.
  • Gruesome: Extremely unpleasant and shocking, usually involving death or injury.
  • Morbid: Characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing subjects, especially death.
  • Grim: Forbidding, uninviting, or depressing, often due to association with death.
Idioms and Fixed Phrases
  • A macabre sense of humor: A taste for jokes or amusement about subjects that are grim, morbid, or related to death.
    • He survived the accident thanks to his macabre sense of humor.
  • Macabre details: Specific pieces of information that are horrifying or gruesome.
    • The report spared the public the most macabre details of the incident.
Adjective
  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
    • ghastly wounds
    • the grim aftermath of the bombing
    • the grim task of burying the victims
    • a grisly murder
    • gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
    • macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
    • macabre tortures conceived by madmen

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