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macabre

macabre, gruesome

adjective mah-KAHBR Rare

Usage Note

Macabre keeps the same form in the masculine and feminine (it already ends in -e), but takes -s in the plural like a regular adjective (des scènes macabres). It describes anything morbidly associated with death, from humour (humour macabre) to imagery or scenes.

Examples

"Il a un humour assez macabre."

Natural Translation

He has quite a macabre sense of humour.

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