morbific

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /mɔrˈbɪfɪk/ UK /mɔːˈbɪfɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
causing or producing disease

Stagnant water was once thought to harbor morbific vapors.

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Synonyms

1 adj · causing or producing disease pathogenic unwholesome noxious unhealthy

Opposites

salubrious wholesome healthful

Word family

Related forms morbid morbidity

Etymology

From French morbifique, from Latin morbus ('disease') + -ficus ('making'), from facere ('to make').

morbus Latin facere Latin

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