macabre

/məˈkɑːbrə/ (bre, ipa) · /məˈkɑːbrə/ (ame, ipa) · /mə-ˈkäb -ˈkä-brə -bər, -ˈkäbrᵊ/ (ame, mw)

macabre — 形容詞

  • macabrepositive
  • more macabrecomparative
  • most macabresuperlative

1. A macabre story, scene, or image is one that makes you feel shocked and uneasy b

1.形容詞B2
釋義

恐怖詭異

形容與死亡或暴力相關的怪異可怕事物

A macabre story, scene, or image is one that makes you feel shocked and uneasy because it is about death, injury, or violence presented in a strange or unnatural way.

例句

Mei found her uncle's collection of antique funeral photographs both fascinating and macabre.

Mei 發現叔叔收集的古董葬禮照片既迷人又恐怖詭異。

macabre + plural noun (antique funeral photographs)

同義詞
  • gruesome

    Focuses on physical gore and violence; macabre adds a strange or eerie quality

  • grisly

    Emphasizes the bloody, repulsive details of an event; macabre can describe something disturbing without explicit blood

  • morbid

    Describes an unhealthy interest in death; macabre describes the thing itself as strangely frightening

反義詞
  • cheerful

    Opposite in emotional atmosphere — light and pleasant rather than death-related

  • wholesome

    Suggests moral goodness and innocence with no trace of death or horror

文法句型

macabre + noun (story, scene, humor, twist)

用法筆記

Often used to describe artistic works (films, novels, paintings) or fictional scenes rather than real-life injuries. More formal and literary than 'gross' or 'creepy'.