morbid

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪd

morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

1. (originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]
   • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 127:

     “Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!”

2. (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]

   morbid boy

   morbid child

   morbid mind

   morbid obsession

   morbid question

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

   morbid poem

   morbid song

4. Grisly or gruesome.

   morbid video

• (of or relating to disease): pathological
• (unhealthy or unwholesome): sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
• (suggesting the horror of death): black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
• (grisly, gruesome): bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening

• morbidezza
• morbilous

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “morbid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• bromid

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁˈbiːt/

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morbid (strong nominative masculine singular morbider, comparative morbider, superlative am morbidesten)

1. morbid

• komorbid
• Morbidität

• Komorbidität

Borrowed from Latin morbidus or French morbide.

morbid m or n (feminine singular morbidă, masculine plural morbizi, feminine and neuter plural morbide)

1. morbid

morbid (comparative morbidare, superlative morbidast)

1. morbid

• morbiditet (“morbidity”)

• morbid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• morbid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• morbid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)