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[mawr-bid] 
bɪd
–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. |
| 3. | pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy. |
| 4. | gruesome; grisly. |
Related forms:
mor⋅bid⋅ly, adverb
mor⋅bid⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
2. unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
2. unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
Antonyms:
1. cheerful. 2. healthy.
1. cheerful. 2. healthy.
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| mor·bid (môr'bĭd) adj.
[Latin morbidus, diseased, from morbus, disease; see mer- in Indo-European roots.] mor'bid·ly adv., mor'bid·ness n. |
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Morbid
Mor"bid\, a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." --Hawthorne. 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. Syn: Diseased; sickly; sick. Usage: Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc.
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Language Translation for : morbid
Spanish:
morboso, enfermizo,
German:
morbide,
Japanese:
病的な
morbid
1656, "of the nature of a disease, indicative of a disease," from L. morbidus "diseased," from morbus "sickness, disease," from root of mori "to die," or from PIE base *mor- "to rub, pound, wear away" (cf. Gk. marainein "to consume, exhaust," marasmus "consumption"). Transf. use, of mental states, is from 1777.
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Main Entry: mor·bid
Pronunciation: 'mor-b&d
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease b : affected with or induced by disease morbid condition> <morbid alteration of tissues> c : productive of disease <morbid substances>
2 : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
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morbid mor·bid (môr'bĭd)
adj.
- Relating to or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
- Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome.
mor'bid·ness n.
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