morbid

mor·bid  (môrbd)

adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.

b. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: "He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses" Edgar Allan Poe.

2. Characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.

3. Gruesome; grisly.

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[Latin morbidus, diseased, from morbus, disease; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

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morbid·ly adv.

morbid·ness n.

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morbid

Adjective

1. having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events

2. Med relating to or characterized by disease [Latin morbus illness]

morbidity n
morbidly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	morbid - suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity" unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
	2.	morbid - suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" ghoulish offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
	3.	morbid - caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" diseased, pathologic, pathological unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

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morbid

adjective 1. gruesome, sick, dreadful, ghastly, hideous, unhealthy, grisly, macabre, horrid, ghoulish, unwholesome

adjective 2. gloomy, brooding, pessimistic, melancholy, sombre, grim, glum, lugubrious, funereal, low-spirited << OPPOSITE cheerful

adjective 3. diseased, sick, infected, deadly, ailing, unhealthy, malignant, sickly, pathological, unsound << OPPOSITE healthy

Translations

morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj [interest] → morboso;

(MED) → mórbido

morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj → morbide

morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj (imagination) → krankhaft;

(interest) → unnatürlich;

(comments, behaviour) → makaber

morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj → morboso/a

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morbid

adj morbid [ˈmoː(r)bid]

sick (in the way one shows his/her excessive interest in death, disease, cruel acts etc) his morbid fascination with horror films; her morbid imagination.morbiedمَرَضي، مَريضболенmorbidnísygeligmorbideνοσηρόςmorboso, enfermizohaiglaslikمريضmorbideחוֹלָנִיरोग ग्रस्तnezdrav, morbidanbetegestidak wajarmorboso病的なliguistas, nesveikaspatoloģisks, neveselīgsmorbidmorbide, ziekelijksykelig, uhyggelig, makaberchory, niezdrowyболезненный, нездоровыйchorobný, patologický, morbídnymorbiden, bolestenmorbidanmorbidเป็นโรคsapık; hastalıklı病態的хворобливийمریضانہ، پژمردہbệnh tật病态的