morbid C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˈmɔrbɪd/ UK /ˈmɔːbɪd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj abnormally preoccupied with death or disease; gruesome He had a morbid fascination with the history of plagues. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · abnormally preoccupied with... gruesomemacabreghoulishgloomyunhealthygrim ↔ Opposites healthywholesomecheerful Word family Forms morbidly Derived forms morbidlymorbiditymorbidness Related forms morbific Common collocations morbid curiosity Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin morbidus ('diseased, sickly'), from morbus ('disease, sickness'), perhaps from morī ('to die'). morbidus Latin morbus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # morbid **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmɔrbɪd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɔːbɪd/ ## Meanings 1. abnormally preoccupied with death or disease; gruesome ## Examples - He had a morbid fascination with the history of plagues. ## Synonyms - gruesome - macabre - ghoulish - gloomy - unhealthy - grim ## Antonyms - healthy - wholesome - cheerful ## Derived Forms - morbidly - morbidity - morbidness ## Related Forms - morbific ## Roots and Affixes - Root: morbidus - Root: morbus ## Etymology From Latin morbidus ('diseased, sickly'), from morbus ('disease, sickness'), perhaps from morī ('to die'). ## AI Etymology Morbid comes from Latin morbidus ('diseased, sickly'), from morbus ('disease, sickness'), perhaps from morī ('to die'). The etymological trail includes Latin morbidus, Latin morbus. The same word family includes morbidly, morbidity, morbidness, morbific. Its current adjective use means "abnormally preoccupied with death or disease; gruesome". ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown