He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
Source: tatoeba (296975)
Morbid
//ˈmɔɹ.bɪd//
Synonyms for "morbid" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- հիվանդագին adj (of or relating to disease)
- հիվանդոտ adj (of or relating to disease)
Bulgarian
4 entries- меланхоличен adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- мрачен adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- патологичен adj (of or relating to disease)
- ужасен adj (grisly, gruesome)
Catalan
1 entries- mòrbid adj (of or relating to disease)
Czech
4 entries- chorobný adj (of or relating to disease)
- morbidní adj (interested or fixated on death and decay)
- nemocný adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- patologický adj (of or relating to disease)
Dutch
4 entries- akelig adj (grisly, gruesome)
- gruwelijk adj (grisly, gruesome)
- macaber adj (suggesting the horror of death)
- macaber adj (grisly, gruesome)
Finnish
4 entries- hirveä adj (grisly, gruesome)
- järkyttävä adj (grisly, gruesome)
- kammottava adj (suggesting the horror of death)
- kammottava adj (grisly, gruesome)
French
2 entries- morbide adj (of or relating to disease)
- morbide adj (grisly, gruesome)
Galician
2 entries- mórbido adj (of or relating to disease)
- mórbido adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Georgian
2 entries- ავადმყოფური adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- არაჯანსაღი adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
German
2 entries- krankhaft adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- morbid adj (of or relating to disease)
Hebrew
2 entries- מורבידי adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- מורבידי adj (suggesting the horror of death)
Hungarian
2 entries- beteges adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- morbid adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Irish
1 entries- galrach adj (of or relating to disease)
Italian
4 entries- morboso adj (of or relating to disease)
- morboso adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- raccapricciante adj (suggesting the horror of death)
- raccapricciante adj (grisly, gruesome)
Japanese
2 entries- 不健全 adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- 病的 adj (of or relating to disease)
Norwegian
3 entries- morbid adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- morbid adj (suggesting the horror of death)
- morbid adj (grisly, gruesome)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- looj adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Portuguese
1 entries- mórbido adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Russian
4 entries- боле́зненный adj (of or relating to disease)
- нездоро́вый adj (of or relating to disease)
- нездоро́вый adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- ненорма́льный adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Spanish
2 entries- morboso adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- mórbido adj (of or relating to disease)
Swedish
2 entries- makaber adj (suggesting the horror of death)
- morbid adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Turkish
2 entries- hastalıksal adj (of or relating to disease)
- patolojik adj (of or relating to disease)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жахливий adj (grisly, gruesome)
- нездоровий adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
- патологічний adj (of or relating to disease)
- хворий adj (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It must be supposed that reading was one of his morbid habits, as he fell upon anything that came into his hands with equal avidity.
Source: tatoeba (5298734)
Don't be so morbid.
Source: tatoeba (6971542)
I tend to gravitate towards morbid topics.
Source: tatoeba (8681077)
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