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morbid.

Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmɔː.bɪd/UK/ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/US
  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.

    broadly
    morbid boy
    morbid child
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.

    morbid poem
    morbid song
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

    morbid video
Where this word comes from

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”).

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