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Showing words for MACABRE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Macabre

macaber, macabre

6 Letter Words for Macabre

acream, bareca, becram, bracae, camber, camera, cembra, crambe

5 Letter Words for Macabre

abeam, abear, abram, acerb, ambar, amber, arace, arame, arcae, areca, barca, bearm, bemar, braca, brace, brama, brame, bream, caber, cabre, crame, cream, embar, macer, marae

4 Letter Words for Macabre

abac, acer, acme, acre, amar, amba, ambe, amra, arab, arba, arca, area, baar, bara, bare, barm, beam, bear, bema, berm, brae, caam, caba, camb, came, carb, care, cera, crab, cram, maar, mabe, mace, mara, marc, mare, mear, merc, raca, race, rama, rame, ream

3 Letter Words for Macabre

aam, aba, abc, abm, abr, ace, aer, ama, amb, ame, ara, arb, arc, are, arm, baa, bac, bae, bam, bar, bec, ber, bmr, bra, cab, cam, car, cer, eam, ear, ecb, ecm, era, maa, mab, mac, mae, mar, mba, mea, mer, rab, ram, rea, reb, rec, rem

Definitions for Macabre

[1] gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
[2] of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect.
[3] of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death.
[4] gruesome; ghastly; grim
[5] resembling or associated with the danse macabre

Words related to Macabre

spooky, ghastly, ghoulish, grisly, morbid, gruesome, weird, frightening, grim, lurid, cadaverous, deathly, dreadful, frightful, ghostly, hideous, horrible, offensive, scary, terrible

Words nearby Macabre

mableton, mabuse, mac, mac-, mac., macabre, macaco, macadam, macadamia, macadamize, macanese

Origin of Macabre

1400–50; < French; compare late Middle English Macabrees daunce < Middle French danse (de ) Macabré, of uncertain origin; perhaps to be identified with Medieval Latin chorēa Machabaeōrum a representation of the deaths of Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, but evidence is lacking; the French pronunciation with mute e is a misreading of the Middle French forms

Word origin for Macabre

C15: from Old French danse macabre dance of death, probably from macabé relating to the Maccabees, who were associated with death because of the doctrines and prayers for the dead in II Macc. (12:43–46)

Synonyms for Macabre

frightening, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, lurid, morbid, spooky, weird, cadaverous, deathly, dreadful, frightful, ghostly, hideous, horrible, horrid, offensive, scary, spookish, terrible, unearthly