Source : WordNet®

macabre
     adj : shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds";
           "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of
           burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome
           evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and
           plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived
           by madmen" [syn: {ghastly}, {grim}, {grisly}, {gruesome}]