morbid

Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/

The English word “morbid” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
Grisly or gruesome.

Etymology

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”).

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