macabre
/məˈkɑːbrə/adjective
- disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury恐怖的; 令人毛骨悚然的：
a macabre series of murders
一连串令人毛骨悚然的凶杀案。
词源
late 19th cent.: from French macabre, from Danse Macabre 'dance of death', from Old French, perhaps from Macabé 'a Maccabee', with reference to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.