Morbid

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
  • adj. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome: "He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the sensesā€ ( Edgar Allan Poe).
  • adj. Characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest.
  • adj. Gruesome; grisly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or relating to disease.
  • adj. Unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically: mentally ill
  • adj. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
  • adj. Grisly or gruesome.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly
  • adj. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts.
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Gruesome.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Diseased; sickly; not sound and healthful. As applied to mental conditions, it commonly implies an over-sensitive state, involving depression of spirits, in which matters affecting the emotions assume an exaggerated significance.
  • Proceeding from or characteristic of disease or a diseased condition.
  • Relating to disease: as, morbid or pathological anatomy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. suggesting the horror of death and decay
  • adj. suggesting an unhealthy mental state
  • adj. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
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    diseased    sickly    sick    gruesome    ailing    gloomy    deranged    pathological    twisted    warped   
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    childish    unnatural    intense    feverish    foolish    sentimental    abnormal    unhealthy    irrational    hysterical