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mor·bid
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bɪd
/
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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.
Origin:
1650–60;
<
Latin
morbidus
sickly, equivalent to
morb
(
us
) sickness +
-idus
-id
4
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mor·bid·ly,
adverb
mor·bid·ness,
noun
pre·mor·bid,
adjective
pre·mor·bid·ly,
adverb
pre·mor·bid·ness,
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un·mor·bid,
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un·mor·bid·ness,
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Synonyms
2.
unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
Antonyms
1.
cheerful.
2.
healthy.
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morbid
(ˈmɔːbɪd)
—
adj
1.
having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events
2.
gruesome
3.
relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic:
a morbid growth
[C17: from Latin
morbidus
sickly, from
morbus
illness]
'morbidly
—
adv
'morbidness
—
n
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