morbid
morbid definition
mor·bid (môr′bid)
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
Etymology: L morbidus, sickly, diseased < morbus, disease < IE base *mer-, to rub, wear away, destroy > mare, Lmortarium, OIr meirb, lifeless
Related Forms:
- morbidly mor′·bidly adverb
- morbidness mor′·bid·ness noun
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