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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•bid•i•ty (môr bid′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - a morbid state or quality.
- the proportion of sickness or of a specific disease in a geographical locality.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: morˈbidity /mɔːˈbɪdɪtɪ/ n - the state of being morbid
- Also: morbidity rate the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
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
mor′bid•ly, adv. mor′bid•ness, n. - 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.
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