[məˈkɑːbrə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death
(e.g: a macabre series of murders)


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Origin:
mid 19th century (in dance macabre): French, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death’, from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee’ (see Maccabee), with reference to a late medieval dance or procession called ‘the dance of the Maccabees’