morbid
suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
gruesome; grisly.
Origin of morbid
1Other words for morbid
2 | unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated |
Opposites for morbid
Other words from morbid
- mor·bid·ly, adverb
- mor·bid·ness, noun
- pre·mor·bid, adjective
- pre·mor·bid·ly, adverb
- pre·mor·bid·ness, noun
- un·mor·bid, adjective
- un·mor·bid·ly, adverb
- un·mor·bid·ness, noun
Words Nearby morbid
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How to use morbid in a sentence
It had deaths so dazzling and morbid, you couldn’t look away.
Why Isn’t Sean Spicer Mauled by Zombies in Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead?’ | Melissa Leon | May 21, 2021 | The Daily BeastWe don’t necessarily think of ourselves as being morbid because of it.
‘Gory Details’ dives into the morbid, the taboo — and our minds | Kate Travis | March 1, 2021 | Science NewsThe tracking of these numbers feels like a morbid version of sports.
Tallying up a year of loss: A lot of pounds, too many loved ones, countless connections | Jerry Brewer | December 27, 2020 | Washington PostSetting aside the morbid possibility of an even worse year in the near future making 2020 look comparatively mild, our collective memory of 2020 still may still be salvageable.
That mix of cute yet morbid is a defining feature of The Sims.
'It Nearly Brings Me to Tears.' 20 Years On, The Sims' Diehard Fans Could Never Let Go | Matthew Gault | March 16, 2020 | Time
“I feel the almost morbid curiosity of the media as a weight on my back,” she said.
What Does a Pop-Star Nun Sing? Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin,’ Of Course | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe resultant pop culture is as morbid and contagious as the epidemics they depict.
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague | Scott Bixby | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe business of writing obituaries may seem, at first glance, a morbid affair.
morbid Anatomy, with Ebenstein at the helm, seems to do it all, from publishing books to leading international trips.
Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors | Nina Strochlic | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEntering morbid Anatomy from an unremarkable, industrial street in Brooklyn, its ground-floor coffee shop/bookstore is buzzing.
Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors | Nina Strochlic | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe story of this untoward event illustrates at once the morbid habit of his mind and the bitter passions of those times.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperThe subject has its weak side too; it is morbid and somewhat sentimental at the end, but the fundamental emotion is sincere.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyOpium-smoking is a vice not only deleterious in itself, but one indulged in merely to satisfy a morbid craving.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettOther phrases, of a morbid tenderness, seem like music whispering consolation for unavowed sorrows and irremediable despair.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierOne symptom of Tchaikovskys condition was the morbid sensibility of his artistic temperament.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for morbid
/ (ˈmɔːbɪd) /
having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events
gruesome
relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic: a morbid growth
Origin of morbid
1Derived forms of morbid
- morbidly, adverb
- morbidness, noun
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