morbidly

[mawr-bid]

mor·bid

[mawr-bid]
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 -id4

mor·bid·ly, adverb
mor·bid·ness, noun
pre·mor·bid, adjective
pre·mor·bid·ly, adverb
pre·mor·bid·ness, noun
EXPAND
un·mor·bid, adjective
un·mor·bid·ly, adverb
un·mor·bid·ness, noun
COLLAPSE


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


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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