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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state;
- Example: "morbid interest in death"
- Example: "morbid curiosity"

2. suggesting the horror of death and decay;
- Example: "morbid details"
[syn: ghoulish, morbid]

3. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology;
- Example: "diseased tonsils"
- Example: "a morbid growth"
- Example: "pathologic tissue"
- Example: "pathological bodily processes"
[syn: diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Morbid \Mor"bid\, a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.] 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, a morbid condition; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. [1913 Webster] 3. Indicating an unhealthy mental attitude or disposition; especially, abnormally gloomy, to an extent not justified by the situation; preoccupied with death, disease, or fear of death; as, a morbid interest in details of a disaster. [PJC] 4. Gruesome; as, a morbid topic. [PJC] Syn: Diseased; sickly; sick. Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

morbid adj 1: suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity" 2: suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details" [syn: ghoulish, morbid] 3: caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes" [syn: diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological]