Definition of Morbid

1. Adjective. Suggesting an unhealthy mental state. "Morbid curiosity"

Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Morbidity, Morbidness

2. Adjective. Suggesting the horror of death and decay. "Morbid details"
Exact synonyms: Ghoulish
Similar to: Offensive

3. Adjective. Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology. "Pathological bodily processes"
Exact synonyms: Diseased, Pathologic, Pathological
Similar to: Unhealthy
Derivative terms: Morbidity, Pathology, Pathology

Definition of Morbid

1. a. 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.

Definition of Morbid

1. Adjective. (originally) Of, or relating to disease. ¹

2. Adjective. Unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically: mentally ill ¹

3. Adjective. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish ¹

4. Adjective. Grisly or gruesome. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morbid

1. gruesome [adj] : MORBIDLY [adv] - See also: gruesome

Medical Definition of Morbid

1. 1. 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. "Her sick and morbid heart." 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. Synonym: Diseased, sickly, sick. Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc. Origin: L. Morbidus, fr. Morbus disease; prob. Akin to mori to die: cf. F. Morbide, It. Morbido. See Mortal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morbid

morat
morate
moration
moratoria
moratorium
moratoriums
moratory
morats
moraxella
moraxella (branhamella) catarrhalis
moraxella (moraxella) bovis
moray
moray eel
moray eels
morays
morbid (current term)
morbid impulse
morbid obesity
morbid thirst
morbider
morbidest
morbidezza
morbidities
morbidity
morbidity rate
morbidly
morbidly obese
morbidness
morbidnesses
morbific

Literary usage of Morbid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"I therefore considered that it was sufficiently rare and interesting to form the basis of a paper upon this affection and other allied morbid states of mind ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1879)
"In farcy, too, iu which the morbid changes have their seat in the loose subcutaneous connective tissue, the abscesses are formed in a somewhat different way ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"The illustrations are both numerous and good, and the printing and paper leave nothing to be desired. Practical Pathology and morbid Histology. ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1891)
"NITROGEN-CONTAINING FOODS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO morbid STATES. ... their Relations to Certain morbid States." Under the circumstances, it is proper that ..."

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