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 [ˈmɔːbɪd]

adj

1. (Psychology) having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events

2. gruesome

3. (Medicine / Pathology) relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic a morbid growth

[from Latin morbidus sickly, from morbus illness]

morbidly  adv

morbidness  n

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 Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.

2. gloomy, brooding, pessimistic, melancholy, sombre, grim, glum, lugubrious, funereal, low-spirited He was in no mood for any morbid introspection.
gloomy happy, cheerful, bright, wholesome

3. diseased, sick, infected, deadly, ailing, unhealthy, malignant, sickly, pathological, unsound Uraemia is a morbid condition.
diseased healthy, salubrious

Translations

morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] ADJ

1. (= perverse) → morboso, malsano
don't be so morbid! → ¡no seas morboso!
morbid curiosity → curiosidad f malsana

2. (Med) → mórbido

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morbid [ˈmɔː^rbɪd] adj [person, obsession] → morbide

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morbid

adj

idea, thought, jealousy, curiosity etc → krankhaft; interest, attitude → unnatürlich, krankhaft; sense of humour, talk etc → makaber; (= gloomy) outlook, thoughts → düster; person → trübsinnig; (= pessimistic) → schwarzseherisch; poet, novel, music etc → morbid; that’s morbid!, that’s a morbid thought or idea! → das ist ja makaber; don’t be so morbid! → sieh doch nicht alles so schwarz!; he’s such a morbid little boy → er hat einen Hang zum Makaberen

(Med) → morbid; growth → krankhaft

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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. morbied مَرَضي، مَريض болен morbidní sygelig morbide νοσηρός morboso, enfermizo haiglaslik مريض morbide חוֹלָנִי रोग ग्रस्त nezdrav, morbidan beteges tidak wajar morboso 病的な 병에 걸린 liguistas, nesveikas patoloģisks, neveselīgs morbid morbide, ziekelijk sykelig, uhyggelig, makaber chory, niezdrowy болезненный, нездоровый chorobný, patologický, morbídny morbiden, bolesten morbidan morbid เป็นโรค sapık; hastalıklı 病態的 хворобливий مریضانہ، پژمردہ bệnh tật 病态的