gallows humour

(British & Australian) also gallows humor (American & Australian)

humour that makes unpleasant things, such as death, seem funny

Usage notes: The gallows are a wooden frame used in the past for killing criminals by hanging them from a rope tied around their neck.

Many of the patients I worked with knew they were dying. There was a lot of gallows humour.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bharata	-	Hinduism
Bader	['beidə]
Aristokles	-	Ancient Greek
Bhumi	-	Hinduism
Andronikos	-	Ancient Greek
Amarachi	-	Western African, Igbo