adj.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' käb; - ' kä-br ə , -b ə r; - ' käbr ə
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from ( danse ) macabre dance of death, from Middle French ( danse de ) Macabré
Date: 1889
1 : having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
2 : dwelling on the gruesome
3 : tending to produce horror in a beholder
synonyms see GHASTLY