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mor·bid
(môr′bĭd)adj.
1. Given to or characterized by unwholesome thoughts or feelings, especially of death or disease: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.
2.
a. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased: morbid changes in tissues.
b. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: a morbid fear of heights.
mor′bid·ly adv.
mor′bid·ness n.
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morbid
(ˈmɔːbɪd)adj
1. (Psychology) having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events
2. gruesome
3. (Pathology) relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic: a morbid growth.
[C17: from Latin morbidus sickly, from morbus illness]
ˈmorbidly adv
ˈmorbidness n
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mor•bid
(ˈmɔr bɪd)adj.
1. suggesting an unhealthy mental attitude; unwholesomely gloomy.
2. gruesome; grisly.
3. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
4. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
[1650–60; < Latin morbidus sickly =morb(us) sickness + -idus -id4]
mor′bid•ly, adv.
mor′bid•ness, n.
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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" |
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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
gloomy happy, cheerful, bright, wholesome
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morbid
adjectiveSusceptible to or marked by preoccupation with unwholesome matters:
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Translations
مَرَضي، مَريض
morbidní
sygelig
liguistas
patologisks, neveseligs
chorobnýmorbídny
morbid
[ˈmɔːbɪd] ADJ1. (= perverse) → morboso, malsano
don't be so morbid! → ¡no seas morboso!
morbid curiosity → curiosidad f malsana
don't be so morbid! → ¡no seas morboso!
morbid curiosity → curiosidad f malsana
2. (Med) → mórbido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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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
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morbid
[ˈmɔːbɪd] adj → morboso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
morbid
(ˈmoː(r)bid) adjective 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.
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mor·bid
a. mórbido, insano-a, morbosa-a, rel. a una enfermedad.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
morbid
adj (path) mórbido, patológico; — obesity obesidad mórbidaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.