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Meaning of 'morbid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Morbid [ a.]
- Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.
- Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.

Meaning of 'morbid' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . morbid [ s]
Meaning (1):
- caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
Example in sentence:
  • a morbid growth;
  • diseased tonsils;
  • pathologic tissue;
  • pathological bodily processes
Meaning (2):
- suggesting an unhealthy mental state
Example in sentence:
  • morbid curiosity;
  • morbid interest in death
Meaning (3):
- suggesting the horror of death and decay
Example in sentence:
  • morbid details

Nearby Words:

mora moraine morainic moral morale moraler moralism moralist moralities morality

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