morbid

The definition of morbid is a connection with things that have to do with death or disease.

(adjective)

An example of morbid is someone who is constantly thinking about and talking about death.

See morbid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, having, or caused by disease; unhealthy; diseased
resulting from or as from a diseased state of mind; esp., having or showing an unwholesome tendency to dwell on gruesome or gloomy matters
gruesome; grisly; horrible: the morbid details of a story
of diseased parts; pathological: morbid anatomy
Rare causing disease

Origin: L morbidus, sickly, diseased < morbus, disease < IE base *mer-, to rub, wear away, destroy > mare, Lmortarium, OIr meirb, lifeless

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See morbid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
b. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: “He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses” (Edgar Allan Poe).
Characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.
Gruesome; grisly.

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Origin: Latin morbidus, diseased

Origin: , from morbus, disease; see mer- in Indo-European roots

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