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macabre

UK
/məˈkɑːbrə/
US
/məˈkɑːbɚ/

Translations

macabreadjective
more macabre
Comp.
most macabre
Super.
UK
/məˈkɑːbrə/
US
/məˈkɑːbɚ/
The film's macabre scenes left the audience feeling uneasy.
Les scènes macabres du film ont mis le public mal à l'aise.
Additional translations
lugubreS’emploie surtout pour décrire une atmosphère sinistre ou funèbre.
Synonyms
unsettling
spooky
morbid
horrific
ghastly
gruesome
chilling
frightening
macabrenoun
UK
/məˈkɑːb/
US
/məˈkɑbrə/
Usually appears with the definite article ('the macabre') to denote gruesome or horrifying quality; uncountable.
macabreEmploi substantivé.
The novelist is fascinated by the macabre and fills his stories with dark imagery.
Le romancier est fasciné par le macabre et remplit ses récits d'images sombres.
Synonyms
morbidness
dreadfulness
horror
grimness
ghastliness
ghoulishness
gruesomeness
morbidity

Definitions

macabreadjective
Involving or depicting death or injury in a way that is gruesome or horrifying.
The film's macabre scenes left the audience feeling uneasy.
Having a grim or ghastly atmosphere, often associated with the morbid or the grotesque.
The artist's macabre style is evident in his paintings of haunted landscapes.
macabrenoun
Gruesome or horrifying quality or subject matter, especially that relating to death.
The novelist is fascinated by the macabre and fills his stories with dark imagery.
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