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- Dictionarymorbid/ˈmɔːbɪd/
adjective
- 1. characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease: "he had a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare" Similar Opposite
- 2. of the nature of or indicative of disease: "the treatment of morbid obesity" Similar Opposite
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MORBID definition: 1. too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death: 2. relating to or caused by disease…. Learn more.
1. a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease. morbid anatomy. b. : affected with or induced by disease. a morbid condition. c. : productive of disease. morbid substances. 2. : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings. 3. : grisly, gruesome. morbid details. morbid curiosity. morbidly adverb.
Morbid definition: suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.. See examples of MORBID used in a sentence.
Morbid is a word used to describe anyone who spends too much time thinking about death or disease. A lot of English words relating to medicine and science come from Latin, and the adjective morbid is one of them; it comes from the root morbidus, meaning "diseased" or "sick."
If you describe a person or their interest in something as morbid, you mean that they are very interested in unpleasant things, especially death, and you think this is strange. Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.
1. suggesting an unhealthy mental attitude; unwholesomely gloomy. 2. gruesome; grisly. 3. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease. 4. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
The meaning of MORBIDITY is the quality or state of being morbid; especially : an attitude, quality, or state of mind marked by excessive gloom. How to use morbidity in a sentence.
MORBIDITY definition: 1. the morbidity of a disease is how many people have it in a particular population: 2. the fact…. Learn more.
Synonyms for MORBID: somber, depressing, bleak, depressive, dark, lonely, darkening, desolate; Antonyms of MORBID: cheerful, friendly, bright, festive, cheery, comforting, gay, cordial.
Causing disease; characteristic of, indicative of, or produced by disease; of the nature of disease; of or relating to disease. 1656. There may be very well a sanative and healing Contagion, as well as a morbid and venomous. H.
