morbidly

Variant of morbid

morbid definition

mor·bid (môr′bid)

adjective

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

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

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