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morbid

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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.

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

morbid·ly adv.
morbid·ness n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

morbid
Translations

morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj [interest] → morboso;
(MED) → mórbido
morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adjmorbide
morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj (imagination) → krankhaft;
(interest) → unnatürlich;
(comments, behaviour) → makaber
morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adjmorboso/a

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

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Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast.
Very likely the reading of Ossian had something to do with my morbid anxieties.
Every moment of the man's waking life was filled with morbid thought of hatred--he had become mentally as he was physically in outward appearance, the personification of the blighting emotion of Hate.
 
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