Macabre is a lifestyle trait available in The Sims 4: Life & Death. It conflicts with the Cheerful, Skeptical, Disruptive^[EBN], and Mystical^[EBN] traits.

"Embrace your inner darkness - and your occasional intrusions of light. Macabre Sims are all about being their best, unique Sim self while still reveling in all that life (and the afterlife) has to offer."

Attributes

• Macabre Sims will never become terrified and their scared emotions decay 75% faster.
• Macabre Sims will experience positive reactions around dark and morbid subjects.
• Macabre Sims will gain a bored moodlet around anything considered "happy".
• Macabre Sims hate being out in the sun.
• Macabre Sims gain a new pose replacing their default fine emotion pose alongside household pictures, relationship panel pictures, phone calls and popups icons.
• Macabre Sims can "Spread the Gloom" as well as "Make Morbid Observation".
• Macabre Sims can do the Ghastly Gavotte dance while listening to music.
• Macabre Sims will become playful when being around the Grim Reaper.
• Non-ghost Macabre Sims will always become energized everytime they meet a new ghost or when talking to one they already know.
• Macabre Sims will become energized instead of uncomfortable during a cold spot in a lot On Hallowed Grounds.
• Macabre Sims will gain a happy moodlet during a TV static in a lot On Hallowed Grounds.
• Macabre Sims will gain an energized moodlet while watching the Static TV channel.
• Macabre Sims will autonomously want to research death and thus gain the Thanatology skill.
• Macabre Sims learn the Thanatology skill 25% faster.
• Macabre Sims will gain an inspired moodlet called "Nevermore" when they show affections to crows.
• Macabre Sims will become focused during a full moon and inspired during rain.^[TS4:S]
• Macabre Sims perform 50% better with the Reaper career.
• Macabre Sims perform 50% better with the Undertaker career.

Macabre Sims

• Edward Talon-Crow
• Esther Gomes
• Lady Ravendancer Goth
• Liv Dragoste
• Olive Specter
• Reece Boland
• Takama Aether
• Waylon Warez
• Zelmira Gomes
• Zuleika Izadi

Trivia

• The Ghastly Gavotte dance features references to dance moves that Wednesday Addams performs during season 1 in her television series and also partly references a dance Wednesday does with the butler Lurch on the original 1964 television series.
• The Nevermore moodlet is a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe poem The Raven.
• Macabre is thus far the only Sims trait to change the pose of fine emotion, household picture, relationship panel picture, phone calls and popup icons.