Definitions for morbid
ˈmɔr bɪdmor·bid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. morbidadjective

   suggesting an unhealthy mental state

   "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"

2. ghoulish, morbidadjective

   suggesting the horror of death and decay

   "morbid details"

3. diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathologicaladjective

   caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology

   "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

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1. Morbidadjective

   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.

2. Morbidadjective

   Gruesome; as, a morbid topic.

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1. morbidadjective

   Of, or relating to disease.

2. morbidadjective

   Unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically: mentally ill

3. morbidadjective

   Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish

4. morbidadjective

   Grisly or gruesome.

5. Etymology: From morbidus, from morbus, itself from the root of morior or directly from mor-.

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1. Morbidnoun

   Diseased; in a state contrary to health.

   Etymology: morbidus, Latin.

   Though every human constitution is morbid, yet are there diseases consistent with the common functions of life. Arbuth.

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1. Morbidadjective

   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

2. Morbidadjective

   of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy

3. Etymology: [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]

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1. Morbid

   "Morbid" is a song by American rapper Necro, released in 2001. It was the second and final single from his second album, Gory Days, released that year. Its content involves the perspective of a homicidal man who is prepared to trace any potential person who engages in a feud with him, so much as they are advised to change their name, sex and body frame, and travel by plane to a remote location in order to uncertainly ensure their safety.

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1. Morbid

   mor′bid, adj. diseased, sickly: not healthful.—n. Morbid′ity, the quality of being morbid: disease: the ratio of sickness in a community.—adv. Mor′bidly.—n. Morbidness, sickliness.—adjs. Morbif′eral, Morbif′erous; Morbif′ic, causing disease.—n. Morbil′lī, measles.—adjs. Morbil′liform, like measles; Morbil′lous, pertaining to measles; Morbose′, proceeding from disease: morbid: not healthy.—n. Mor′bus, disease. [Fr.,—L. morbidus—morbus, disease.]

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1. dibrom

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of morbid in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of morbid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of morbid in a Sentence

1. Martin Luther King Jr.:

   The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.

2. Chris Noth:

   He was on a tight rope in terms of not being over-sentimental or morbid, he was really happy with how it came together and how the show looked and how it has reinvented itself.

3. Evelyn Underhill:

   Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.

5. Roy Ratcliff:

   He sort of played with his persona to exaggerate it and make people more fearful, this was just his way — a morbid humor to deal with his hopeless situation.

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