macabre
Collocations
5ADJ.
bloody, engaging, narrow, same, supernatural
VERB + MACABRE
display, enjoys, watch
MACABRE + NOUN
activities, cadaver, movies, obsession, photo, sight
PREP.
in, with, without
ADV.
generally, spectrally, such, such
Definitions
adj
Representing or personifying death.
There are four fundamental figures. One is a man measuring and comparing his world[…] In front of him is a macabre figure, a cadaver ready to be dissected. This symbolizes man serving mankind. The third figure is the scientist, the man who makes use of the information gathered in the first two fields of mensurable science.
Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
Indeed, in the 1854 draft of Tristan he planned to have Parzival visit the dying knight, and both operas display the same macabre obsession with bloody gore and festering wounds.
Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from every-day life.
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6There are four fundamental figures. One is a man measuring and comparing his world[…] In front of him is a macabre figure, a cadaver ready to be dissected. This symbolizes man serving mankind. The thi
WiktionaryIndeed, in the 1854 draft of Tristan he planned to have Parzival visit the dying knight, and both operas display the same macabre obsession with bloody gore and festering wounds.
WiktionaryThe appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from every-day life.
WiktionaryThe pile of bodies under the bridge was such a macabre sight.
Tatoeba · #4028919How can you watch such macabre movies without having nightmares?
Tatoeba · #4028922He enjoys engaging in macabre activities such as dissecting animal corpses and stalking people on the street at night.
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