figurative. Characterized by an excessive fascination with death, disaster, misfortune, etc.; morbid, macabre.

= macabre, adj. 2.

Characterized by or suggestive of the gruesomeness of the danse macabre; grim, horrific, repulsive.

Relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of Grand Guignol; exaggeratedly horrific; sensational; macabre.

Of comedy, a comic piece, etc.: presenting tragic or distressing situations in humorous terms; wry, ironic. Frequently in black comedy, black humour…