About The Word Morbid
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Morbid
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What's The Definition Of Morbid?
[adj] caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
[adj] suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" [adj] suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity" Synonyms | Synonyms for Morbid: diseased | ghoulish | offensive | pathologic | pathological | unhealthy | unwholesome Related Terms | Find terms related to Morbid: agape | agog | all agog | appalling | astounding | awe-inspiring | awesome | awful | bad | blue | burning with curiosity | cankered | consumed with curiosity | contaminated | curious | dark | dejected | depressed | despondent | dire | direful | diseased | disordered | downcast | dread | dreaded | dreadful | fell | formidable | gangrened | gangrenous | ghastly | ghoulish | gloomy | glum | gossipy | grim | grisly | grotesque | gruesome | hideous | horrendous | horrible | horrid | horrific | horrifying | infected | inquiring | inquisitive | interested | itchy | lugubrious | macabre | melancholic | melancholy | monstrous | moody | morbidly curious | morose | mortified | open-eyed | openmouthed | overcurious | pathogenic | pathological | peccant | poisoned | prurient | psychotic | quizzical | redoubtable | sad | saturnine | schrecklich | scopophiliac | septic | shocking | sick | sickly | sphacelated | sullen | supercurious | tainted | terrible | terrific | tremendous | ulcerated | ulcerous | unhealthy | unsound | unwholesome | voyeuristic See Also | Morbid In Webster's Dictionary \Mor"bid\, a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob.
akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See
{Mortal}.]
1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal
condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid
constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.
``Her sick and morbid heart.'' --Hawthorne.
2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid
anatomy.
Syn: Diseased; sickly; sick.
Usage: {Morbid}, {Diseased}. Morbid is sometimes used
interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly
applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a
prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the
nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc.
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