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   morbid

   /ˈmɔːbɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease: "he had a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare" Similar ghoulishmacabreunhealthygruesomegrislygrotesqueghastlyhorribleunwholesomedeath-obsessedinformal:sickOpposite wholesome
   • 2. of the nature of or indicative of disease: "the treatment of morbid obesity" Similar diseasedpathologicalOpposite healthy

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the medical sense): from Latin morbidus, from morbus ‘disease’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. morbidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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