What is "macaber"

macabre \macabre\ (m[.a]*k[aum]"b[~e]r) adj.

1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled macaber.]

   Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid.

2. Pertaining to or portraying the grim aspects of death, or the allegorical dance of death.