English-Thai Dictionary

macabre

ADJ น่าขยะแขยง  na-ka-ya-ka-yang

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

macabre

ma ca bre |məˈkäbrə, -ˈkäb məˈkɑbrə | ▶adjective disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury: a macabre series of murders. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French macabre, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death, ’ from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee, ’ with reference to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.

 

Oxford Dictionary

macabre

macabre |məˈkɑːbr (ə )| ▶adjective disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death: a macabre series of murders. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French macabre, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death ’, from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee ’, with reference to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

macabre

macabre adjective 1 a macabre ritual: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly, grotesque, hideous, horrific, shocking, dreadful, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, sickening. 2 a macabre joke: black, weird, unhealthy; informal sick.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

macabre

macabre adjective 1 a macabre ritual: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly, lurid, grotesque, hideous, horrific, horrible, horrifying, horrid, horrendous, terrifying, frightening, frightful, fearsome, shocking, dreadful, appalling, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, sickening. 2 a macabre joke: black, weird, unhealthy, sick.

 

French Dictionary

macabre

macabre adj. adjectif Lugubre. : Ce film rempli de cadavres et de squelettes est trop macabre. Un humour macabre. SYNONYME sinistre .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

macabre

ma ca bre ma ca ber /məkɑ́ːbr (ə )//-bə r /形容詞 死を思わせる, 気味の悪い, おどろおどろしい .