MACABRE

ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

macabre (comparative more macabre, superlative most macabre)

Representing or personifying death.

Obsessed with death or the gruesome.

Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

Synonyms: ghastly, horrifying, shocking, terrifying

Anagrams

• carbeam

Source: Wiktionary