morbid English

Meaning morbid meaning

What does morbid mean?

Definitions in simple English

morbid Adjective

— If something is morbid, it takes an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, disease.

morbid

— adjective suggesting an unhealthy mental state morbid interest in death morbid curiosity

— adjective suggesting the horror of death and decay morbid details

— adjective (= diseased, pathologic, pathological) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology diseased tonsils a morbid growth pathologic tissue pathological bodily processes

Synonyms morbid synonyms

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morbid English » English

unhealthy

pathologic

pathological

diseased

sick

unwholesome

unsound

sickly

macabre

ghoulish

unhealthful

terrible

horrible

horrendous

hideous

dreadful

awful

ailing

valetudinary

valetudinarian

unspeakable

torpid

terrific

shocking

septic

repulsive

peccant

outrageous

odious

morose

malignant

lurid

loathsome

ill

horrific

horrid

gruesome

grotesque

grisly

grim

gory

god-awful

ghastly

frightful

fearsome

dredful

dreaded

dread

disordered

direful

Topics morbid topics

What do people use morbid to talk about?

Person Healthy

Disease

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  acute chronic bacterial complication critical curable degenerative genetic morbid nervous neuromuscular psychosomatic virus wasting

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike

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  contemptible deplorable despicable displeasing distasteful obnoxious odious offensive unpleasant not very nice leave a bad taste in the mouth morbid

Examples morbid examples

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Simple sentences

It must be supposed that reading was one of his morbid habits, as he fell upon anything that came into his hands with equal avidity.

Movie subtitles

Had this possession anything to do with her morbid fear of fire after one broke out in her home?

Why this morbid interest?

Doctor, there's something sort of morbid about our jobs.

The poor know all about poverty. and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous.

That's morbid.

Kay, let me take you away from all this morbid business.

I know, morbid.

Don't forget, the girl was morbid.

We live pretty much by ourselves. And my husband has a morbid fear of any kind of publicity.

Dear me, what a morbid notion!

Morbid stuff.

Probably a symptom of approaching senility, but I must confess I really don't appreciate this morbid humour.

That's a morbid thought. - No, no, no.

I never listen to you when you're being morbid.

I'm afraid I haven't your appreciation for the morbid.

Where's George? - Where's George? - Why this morbid interest?

I like peace, but I ain't morbid about it.

Isn't there something morbid in burying one's heart with the dead?

Someone's got a morbid taste in literature.

That's a morbid thought.

Feel morbid?

I guess it's just my morbid personality.

Hey, this is getting morbid.

What a morbid idea!

Morbid?

And my husband has a morbid fear of any kind of publicity.

Aren't you letting the discussion become rather morbid, Dr. Turner?

Don't be morbid, Emile.

Don't be morbid. It will be all right.

What a morbid idea.

Morbid curiosity.

I assure you that morbid sensation gave me a certain pleasure.

News and current affairs

Indeed, the daily demonizing of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah is the same as the morbid demonization of Saddam before the Iraq War.

On the contrary, his morbid logic is a perfect reflection of the paranoid vision that has taken hold in the Kremlin.