macaberesque adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •macabreHe has seizures of erotic and macaberesque madness. He is a sort of necrophile. He has kept a journal in which he sets forth his disease with the utmost clearness. — 1903 noun1 •The danse macabre, or some similar performance or imagery.It is a rather striking piece of fantastic macaberesque, composed in paragraphs somewhat too short, after the French manner, and with an obvious straining at unusual rhythms. — 1928 formsmacaberesques · more macaberesque · most macaberesque