morbid

Adjective
Synonyms: ghoulishdiseasedpathologicpathological

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state“morbid interest in death”“morbid curiosity”
  2. suggesting the horror of death and decay“morbid details”Synonyms: ghoulish
  3. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology“diseased tonsils”“a morbid growth”“pathologic tissue”“pathological bodily processes”Synonyms: diseasedpathologicpathological
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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