'Morbid' definitions:
Definition of 'morbid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"
adjective
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" [syn: ghoulish, morbid]
adjective
Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" [syn: diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological]
Definition of 'Morbid'
From: GCIDE
- Morbid \Mor"bid\, a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]
- 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, a morbid condition; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Indicating an unhealthy mental attitude or disposition; especially, abnormally gloomy, to an extent not justified by the situation; preoccupied with death, disease, or fear of death; as, a morbid interest in details of a disaster. [PJC]
- 4. Gruesome; as, a morbid topic. [PJC]
- Syn: Diseased; sickly; sick.
- Usage: Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'morbid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- appalling,
- astounding,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- bad,
- blue,
- burning with curiosity,
- cankered,
- consumed with curiosity,
- contaminated,
- curious,
- dark,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- dire,
- direful,
- diseased,
- disordered,
- downcast,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- fell,
- formidable,
- gangrened,
- gangrenous,
- ghastly,
- ghoulish,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- gossipy,
- grim,
- grisly,
- grotesque,
- gruesome,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- infected,
- inquiring,
- inquisitive,
- interested,
- itchy,
- lugubrious,
- macabre,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- monstrous,
- moody,
- morbidly curious,
- morose,
- mortified,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overcurious,
- pathogenic,
- pathological,
- peccant,
- poisoned,
- prurient,
- psychotic,
- quizzical,
- redoubtable,
- sad,
- saturnine,
- schrecklich,
- scopophiliac,
- septic,
- shocking,
- sick,
- sickly,
- sphacelated,
- sullen,
- supercurious,
- tainted,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- tremendous,
- ulcerated,
- ulcerous,
- unhealthy,
- unsound,
- unwholesome,
- voyeuristic