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macabre

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  1. ghastly               
 
ma.ca.bre \m*-'ka:br*\ \-'ka:b-r*-le-\ aj [F, fr. (danse) macabre dance of 
   death, fr. MF (danse de) ]Macabre` 1: having death as a subject : 
   comprising or including a personalized re presentation of death 2: dwelling 
   on the gruesome  3: tending to produce horror in a beholder  - ma.ca.bre.ly 
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