macaber
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
macabre \macabre\ (m[.a]*k[aum]"b[~e]r) adj.
1.portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled macaber.]
Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid. [WordNet 1.5]
2.Pertaining to or portraying the grim aspects of death, or the allegorical dance of death. [PJC]