No. 10,538 in French
macabres
Gruesome, grim, or related to death.
In a sentence
Les histoires racontées par cet auteur sont souvent macabres.
The stories told by this author are often grim.
The word 'macabres' here is used as an adjective to describe the nature of the stories.
Il évite les films trop macabres qui lui donnent des cauchemars.
He avoids overly macabre films that give him nightmares.
In this sentence, 'macabres' is used as an adjective related to films, emphasizing their grim or unsettling content.
Le spectacle de marionnettes était étrangement macabre, avec des scènes sombres.
The puppet show was strangely macabre, with dark scenes.
Here, 'macabre' is used to build an ambiance of eeriness associated with the puppet show.
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