diseased

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology“diseased tonsils”“a morbid growth”“pathologic tissue”“pathological bodily processes”Synonyms: morbidpathologicpathological
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Diseased \Dis*eased"\, a. Afflicted with disease. [1913 Webster]

It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. --W. Irving.

Syn: See Morbid. [1913 Webster]


Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. & vb. n. Diseasing.]

1.To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

His double burden did him sore disease.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

2.To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. [1913 Webster]

He was diseased in body and mind.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
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