macabre
ma-ca-bre / mə-kä-brə, mə-käb, mə-kä-bər
adjective 1. horror provoking; gruesome; ghastly Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole. Lauren DeStefano, 1984 - 2. representing or pertaining to death It was like a macabre march of struggling corpses towards a distant grave. From "A Set of Six" by Joseph Conrad, 1857 - 1924