macaber

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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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