WELCOME TO WORDY WEDNESDAY!
I love words! And I love to read! So each Wednesday I’m going to grab an unfamiliar or unusual word I’ve discovered in some of my favorite books. I’ll post the meaning and the paragraph I’ve found the word to show its usage. If so inclined, check out the book and author’s website by clicking on the links below the paragraph. Happy Reading, Cyndi
Macabre:
Adjective:
1) Representing or personifying death;
2) Obsessed with death or the gruesome;
Synonyms: ghastly, shocking, terrifying, horrifying
“Macabre.” - Wiktionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2012. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/macabre
Blood Vow, by Karen Tabke
But they would be heard, and more. The macabre specters of hundreds of dead Corbets rose from the earth around her, begging her for life, for the chance to avenge the deaths of all Slayers.
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Read more: Blood Vow, by Karin Tabke (Release Day Today!)
Cyndi, love this word. I first saw it as part of a Stephen King title.
Jill, I first read this in the title of Laurell K Hamilton’s Dance Macabre. I’ve read one book be SK, you’re brave! The book was so terrifying I refused to feed the horses after dark. Of course I was a teenager then, but I never read another. Cyndi
I love this word too. It creates all kinds of creepy images in my head.
Karin, Thank you so much for giving us such an awesome word. And trilogy!
I wonder if anyone with a geeky interest in such things would be able to tell us how often outside of the the horror and crime genres the word “macabre” is used? Just one of my random strange thoughts…
Horror, crime, and the dark genres defiantly have their own language. However, I once used it to describe the carnage a pack of coyotes left in my barn/hen house. Excellent thought! So glad you left a comment.:D