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单词 morbid
释义

morbid

English

WOTD – 30 October 2009

Etymology

From Latin morbidus (diseased), from morbus (sickness), itself from the root of morior (die) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to rub, pound, wear away).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective

morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

  1. (originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]
  2. (by extension) Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

Synonyms

  • (of or relating to disease): pathological
  • (unhealthy or unwholesome): sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
  • (suggesting the horror of death): black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
  • (grisly, gruesome): bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening

Derived terms

  • morbidity
  • morbidly
  • morbidness
  • morbidezza
  • morbilous

Translations

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Further reading

  • morbid” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

  • bromid

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔʁˈbiːt/
  • (file)

Adjective

morbid (comparative morbider, superlative am morbidsten)

  1. morbid

Declension

Derived terms

  • komorbid
  • Morbidität
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