| slovo | definícia |
macabre
(encz) | macabre,děsivý luke |
macabre
(encz) | macabre,hrůzostrašný luke |
macabre
(encz) | macabre,strašidelný luke |
macabre
(encz) | macabre,šavle n: web |
macabre
(gcide) | 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.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Pertaining to or portraying the grim aspects of death, or
the allegorical dance of death.
[PJC] |
macabre
(wn) | macabre
adj 1: 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" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome,
macabre, sick] |
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danse macabre
(encz) | danse macabre, n: |
danse macabre
(wn) | danse macabre
n 1: a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death
leads a procession of others to the grave [syn: {danse
macabre}, dance of death] |
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