English Explanatory Dictionary

morbid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
  2. Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɔː.bɪd/ /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/ en-us-morbid.ogg en-au-morbid.ogg

Word forms

morbid more morbid most morbid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Synonyms

pathological sick twisted unhealthy unwholesome warped black ghoulish grim macabre bloody disgusting gory grisly gruesome sickening

Related words

morbidezza morbilous

Derived words

comorbid comorbidity hypermorbidity intermorbid monomorbid morbidity morbidize morbidly morbidness morbid obesity morbid owlet multimorbid nonmorbid polymorbid postmorbid premorbid supermorbid unmorbid
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