What is "morbid" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does morbid mean in English? Meaning of morbid definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "morbid" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "morbid": suggesting an unhealthy mental state

Adjective

  • Meaning: suggesting an unhealthy mental state
  • Example: morbid interest in death morbid curiosity
  • Synonyms: morbid
  • Similar: unwholesome
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/

    Meaning of "morbid": suggesting the horror of death and decay

    Adjective

  • Meaning: suggesting the horror of death and decay
  • Example: morbid details
  • Synonyms: ghoulish morbid
  • Similar: offensive
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/

    Meaning of "morbid": caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

    Adjective

  • Meaning: caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
  • Example: diseased tonsils a morbid growth pathologic tissue pathological bodily processes
  • Synonyms: diseased morbid pathologic pathological
  • Similar: unhealthy
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/

  • Adjective: (originally) Of, or relating to disease.Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulishGrisly or gruesome.
  • Synonyms:

    pessimistic, melancholy, macabre, unnatural, ghoulish, ghastly, gruesome, grim, aberrant, abnormal, ailing, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, grisly, hideous, irascible, malignant, monstrous, moody, saturnine, sick, somber, sullen, unhealthy, unsound, unusual, unwholesome, horrid, brooding, infected,

    Antonyms:

    cheerful, joyful, pleasant, healthy, pleased, happy, sound,

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    morbid in English: morbid
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