'macaber' definitions:
Definition of 'macaber'
From: GCIDE
- macabre \macabre\ (m[.a]*k[aum]"b[~e]r) adj.
- 1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled macaber.]
- Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. Pertaining to or portraying the grim aspects of death, or the allegorical dance of death. [PJC]