'macabre' definitions:
Definition of 'macabre'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]
Definition of 'macabre'
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]
Synonyms of 'macabre'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appalling,
- astounding,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- blue,
- cadaverous,
- corpselike,
- deadly,
- deathlike,
- deathly,
- deathly pale,
- dire,
- direful,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- eerie,
- eldritch,
- fearsome,
- fell,
- fiendish,
- formidable,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- ghastly,
- ghostlike,
- ghostly,
- ghoulish,
- gory,
- grim,
- grisly,
- grotesque,
- gruesome,
- haggard,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- livid,
- lurid,
- morbid,
- mortuary,
- pale,
- redoubtable,
- schrecklich,
- shocking,
- spookish,
- spooky,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- terrifying,
- tremendous,
- uncanny,
- unearthly,
- wan,
- weird