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morbid

mor·bid

UK/ˈmɔː.bɪd/ US/ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

suggesting an unhealthy mental state

  • “morbid interest in death”
  • “morbid curiosity”
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2.

suggesting the horror of death and decay

  • “morbid details”
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3.

caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

  • “diseased tonsils”
  • “a morbid growth”
  • “pathologic tissue”
  • “pathological bodily processes”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • morbid obesity
  • morbid owlet

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