morbid

[ mawr-bid ]
/ ˈmɔr bɪd /
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adjective

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

1650–60; < Latin morbidus sickly, equivalent to morb(us) sickness + -idus -id4

SYNONYMS FOR morbid

2 unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
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Words nearby morbid

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Words related to morbid

pessimistic, melancholy, macabre, unnatural, ghoulish, ghastly, gruesome, grim, aberrant, abnormal, ailing, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, grisly, hideous

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British Dictionary definitions for morbid

morbid
/ (ˈmɔːbɪd) /

adjective

having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events
gruesome
relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic a morbid growth

Derived forms of morbid

morbidly, adverb morbidness, noun

Word Origin for morbid

C17: from Latin morbidus sickly, from morbus illness

Medical definitions for morbid

morbid
[ môr′bĭd ]

adj.

Relating to or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome.