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morbid
- /ˈmɔː.bɪd/ UK
- /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective more morbid · most morbid
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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!”
Similar: pathological
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Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
morbid boy
Similar: sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
- Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish. morbid poem
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Grisly or gruesome.
morbid video
Similar: bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: diseased, ghoulish, unwholesome, unhealthy, offensive, pathological, pathologic, sick, grisly, depressed, bummed, dead, abnormal, soft, disease, gruesome
Translations
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adj of or relating to disease
| Español | mórbido |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 病的 byōteki |
| Français | morbide |
| Deutsch | morbid |
| Italiano | morboso |
| Русский | боле́зненный boléznennyj, нездоро́вый nezdoróvyj |
| العربية | مَرْضِيّ marḍīyy |
adj unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically
| 日本語 | 不健全 fukenzen |
|---|---|
| Português | mórbido |
| Deutsch | krankhaft |
| Italiano | morboso |
| Русский | ненорма́льный nenormálʹnyj, нездоро́вый nezdoróvyj |
| עברית | מורבידי |
adj suggesting the horror of death
| Italiano | raccapricciante |
|---|---|
| עברית | מורבידי |
adj grisly, gruesome
| Français | morbide |
|---|---|
| Italiano | raccapricciante |
| Русский | омерзи́тельный omerzítelʹnyj |
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