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单词 morbid
释义 mor·bid
\ˈmȯrbə̇d, ˈmȯ(ə)b-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin morbidus diseased, unwholesome, from morbus disease; akin to Greek marainein to waste away — more at smart
1.
 a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease
  < morbid anatomy >
 b. : affected with or induced by disease : not sound and healthful
  < only the sick in mind crave cleverness, as a morbid body turns to drink — H.M.Tomlinson >
  < a morbid state >
  < morbid alteration of tissues >
 c. : productive of disease
  < introduction into the blood of morbid substances from without — Robert Chawner >
2. : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
 < a morbid, frustrated, sensitive and prophetic man — William Phillips b.1878 >
 < a career of morbid introspection and self-pity — Times Literary Supplement >
 < an almost morbid sense of guilt about the uses to which their discoveries have been put — Reinhold Niebuhr >
3. : grisly, gruesome
 < a day for morbid joys and gruesome delights — Gertrude Diamant >
 < war has a morbid fascination for many men and women — D.L.Cohn >
Synonyms: see unwholesome
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