Macabre comes from French, most likely from the phrase danse (de) Macabré, “dance of death.”
Danse (de)Macabré, of uncertain origin, refers to a symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave.
EXAMPLES OF MACABRE
Halloween decorations adorned the front yard, creating a delightfully macabre atmosphere.
The artist’s eerie paintings captured the macabre beauty of decay and darkness.