morbid
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin morbidus, from morbus ("sickness"), itself from the root of morī ("to die") or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Pronunciation Adjectivemorbid
- (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
- (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
- Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
- Grisly or gruesome.
- (of or relating to disease) pathological
- (unhealthy or unwholesome) sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
- (suggesting the horror of death) black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
- (grisly, gruesome) bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
- morbidezza
- morbilous
- French: morbide
- German: morbid
- Italian: morboso
- Russian: боле́зненный
- Spanish: mórbido
- German: krankhaft
- Italian: morboso
- Portuguese: mórbido
- Russian: ненорма́льный
- Spanish: morboso
- Italian: raccapricciante
- French: morbide
- Italian: raccapricciante
- Russian: омерзи́тельный
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