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say it: muh-KAH-bruh
macabre is an adjective meaning "shockingly repellent; inspiring horror". It carries one recorded sense.
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
“ghastly wounds”
“the grim aftermath of the bombing”
“the grim task of burying the victims”
“a grisly murder”
“gruesome evidence of human sacrifice”
“macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages”
“macabre tortures conceived by madmen”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for macabre come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.