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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 Translations morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] ADJ 1. (= perverse) → morboso, malsano don't be so morbid! → ¡no seas morboso! morbid curiosity → curiosidad f malsana 2. (Med) → mórbido 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 morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj → morboso/a morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] adj → morboso/a 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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