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Definition of Macabre

1. Adjective. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. "Macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

Definition of Macabre

1. Adjective. Representing or personifying death. ¹

2. Adjective. Obsessed with death or the gruesome. ¹

3. Adjective. Ghastly, shocking, terrifying. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Macabre

1. gruesome [adj] - See also: gruesome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macabre

Literary usage of Macabre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"firmly believes that the " Danse macabre " was of Parisian origin. ... La Danse macabre, see pp. 93—126. 1360. NOTE ON THE SYBILS. ..."

2. Symphonies and Their Meaning: Third Series: Modern Symphonies by Philip Henry Goepp (1913)
"DANSE macabre Challenged for a choice among the works of the versatile composer, we should hit upon the Danse macabre as the most original, profound and ..."

3. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Beddoes' songs; their varieties and unique quality; the macabre. Letters and criticisms. IV. The drama; its weakness in this period. ..."

4. The Standard Symphonies: Their History, Their Music, and Their Composers; a by George Putnam Upton (1888)
"Op. 40- The "Danse macabre," or "Dance of Death," does not, as might be supposed, follow the well- known episodes which Holbein's pictures have made so ..."

5. Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Countryby DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen by DuBose Heyward, Hervey Allen (1922)
"... macabre IN MACAWS ATER the hurricane of the late forties, Peter Polite says, in the live-oak trees Were weird, macabre macaws And ash-colored cockatoos, ..."

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