Meaning : Shockingly repellent. Inspiring horror.
Example :
Ghastly wounds.
The grim aftermath of the bombing.
The grim task of burying the victims.
A grisly murder.
Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice.
Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages.
Macabre tortures conceived by madmen.
Meaning : Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead.
Example :
A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones.
Ghastly shrieks.
The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs.
Synonyms : charnel, sepulchral