Meaning

4 senses

  1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

    morbid

    боле́зненныйboléznennyj, нездоро́выйnezdoróvyj

    патологічнийpatolohičnyj, хворобливийxvoroblyvyj

  2. (broadly)Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.

    morbid boy

    morbid child

    krankhaft

    ненорма́льныйnenormálʹnyj, нездоро́выйnezdoróvyj

    нездоровийnezdorovyj, хворийxvoryj

    suggesting the horror of death and decay

  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.

    morbid poem

    morbid song

  4. Grisly or gruesome.

    morbid video

    омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj

    жахливийžaxlyvyj

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Don't be so morbid.

    Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I tend to gravitate towards morbid topics.

    sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. James found morbid sculptures in the basement.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
of or relating to disease:
unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically:
grisly, gruesome:
Русский
By meaning 3
of or relating to disease:
unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically:
grisly, gruesome:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of or relating to disease:
unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically:

Origin

From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (

From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more morbid, most morbid
Comparativemore morbid Lesson
Superlativemost morbid Lesson

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
unhealthy or unwholesome:sickA1twistedB2unhealthyA2unwholesomewarped
suggesting the horror of death:blackA1grimB2macabreC1ghoulish
grisly, gruesome:bloodyB2disgustingB1gruesomeC1gorygrislysickening
of or relating to disease:pathological
Close in meaning

Word family

19 related words
Relatedmorbidezzamorbiditymorbidness
Derivedcomorbidcomorbidityhypermorbidityintermorbidmonomorbidmorbidizemorbidlymorbid obesitymorbid owletmultimorbidnonmorbidpolymorbidpostmorbidpremorbidsupermorbidunmorbid

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
morallyB2morassmoratoriummoraymoreA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

morbid — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto