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Dictionary: mor·bid   (môr'bĭd) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
    2. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: "He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses" (Edgar Allan Poe).
  1. Characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.
  2. Gruesome; grisly.

[Latin morbidus, diseased, from morbus, disease.]

morbidly mor'bid·ly adv.
morbidness mor'bid·ness n.

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adjective

    Susceptible to or marked by preoccupation with unwholesome matters: macabre, sick, unhealthy, unwholesome. See good/bad.

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adj

Definition: gloomy, nasty, sickly
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, healthy, pleased, sound


Applied to an abnormal, diseased, or disordered condition.

1. pertaining to, affected with, or inducing disease; diseased.
2. unhealthy; unwholesome.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Diseased. Also: Unhealthy ideas.

pronunciation The parents were worried about their children because of their morbid interest in funerals.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - morbid, sygelig, uhyggelig

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    patologisk anatomi

Nederlands (Dutch)
morbide, ziekelijk, somber, ziek

Français (French)
adj. - morbide, malsain, horrifiant, maladif, lugubre, (Méd) morbide, pathologique

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    anatomie pathologique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - krankhaft, greulich

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    pathologische Anatomie

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νοσηρός, παθολογικός

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    (ιατρ.) παθολογική ανατομία

Italiano (Italian)
morboso

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    anatomia patologica

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mórbido

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    anatomia de tecidos e órgãos doentes (f)

Русский (Russian)
болезненный, отвратительный, патологический

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    патологическая анатомия

Español (Spanish)
adj. - patológico, morboso, malsano, enfermizo

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    anatomía patológica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - morbid, makaber

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不健全的, 疾病的, 病态的

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    病理解剖学

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不健全的, 疾病的, 病態的

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    病理解剖學

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 우울한, 병적인, 무서운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 病的な, 不健全な, 病気の

idioms:

  • morbid anatomy    病理解剖学

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مرضي, خبيث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חולני, נגוע, מדוכא‬


 
 
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