morbid

[ mawr-bid ]
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adjective
  1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.

  2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.

  1. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.

  2. gruesome; grisly.

Origin of morbid

1
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin morbidus “sickly,” from morb(us) “disease, sickness” + -idus -id4

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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

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British Dictionary definitions for morbid

morbid

/ (ˈmɔːbɪd) /


adjective
  1. having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events

  2. gruesome

  1. relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic: a morbid growth

Origin of morbid

1
C17: from Latin morbidus sickly, from morbus illness

Derived forms of morbid

  • morbidly, adverb
  • morbidness, noun

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