The adjective macabre is used to describe things that involve the horror of death or violence.

Is the word macabre an adjective?

adj. 1. gruesome in character; ghastly.

Can you use macabre as a noun?

“Macabre” can also be a noun, meaning either something macabre or the quality of being macabre (“The macabre of … Baudelaire, gave the impression of decadence,” 1958).