macabre
/məˈkɑb·rə/, /-ˈkɑb/ adjDefinition
› causing shock and fear because connected with death, esp. strange or cruel death: After the diagnosis, he said he just wanted to stay “above ground,” she recalled, smiling at his macabre humor.
(Definition of macabre adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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