Morbid

//ˈmɔɹ.bɪd// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

    "“Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!”"

  2. 2
    Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. broadly

    "morbid boy"

  3. 3
    Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.

    "morbid poem"

  4. 4
    Grisly or gruesome.

    "morbid video"

Adjective
  1. 1
    caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology wordnet
  2. 2
    suggesting the horror of death and decay wordnet
  3. 3
    suggesting an unhealthy mental state wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ghoulishpathologicalsickunwholesomeagapeagog

Example

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"He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries."

Etymology

From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

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