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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•bid /ˈmɔrbɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - suggesting an unhealthy mental state because of too much gloominess, gruesomeness, etc.:a morbid interest in horror movies.
mor•bid•i•ty, mor•bid•ness, /mɔrˈbɪdɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] mor•bid•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•bid (môr′bid),USA pronunciation adj. - suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude;
unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.:a morbid interest in death. - affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
- pertaining to diseased parts:morbid anatomy.
- gruesome;
grisly.
- Latin morbidus sickly, equivalent. to morb(us) sickness + -idus -id4
- 1650–60
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cheerful.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged healthy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: morbid /ˈmɔːbɪd/ adj - having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events
- gruesome
- relating to or characterized by disease; pathologic
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin morbidus sickly, from morbus illnessˈmorbidly adv ˈmorbidness n |