morbid
11morbid — *unwholesome, sickly, diseased, pathological Analogous words: hypochondriac, atrabilious, *melancholic: gloomy, morose, saturnine (see SULLEN) Antonyms: sound Contrasted words: *healthy, wholesome, well, hale, robust: *healthful, healthy …
12morbid — »kränklich, angekränkelt; brüchig, morsch«: Das Adjektiv wurde im 19. Jh. aus gleichbed. frz. morbide entlehnt, das auf lat. morbidus »krank, siech« zurückgeht. Stammwort ist lat. morbus »Krankheit«, das zu der unter ↑ mürbe dargestellten idg.… …
13morbid — [adj] gloomy, nasty, sickly aberrant, abnormal, ailing, brooding, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrid, infected, irascible, macabre, malignant, melancholy …
14morbid — Adj. (Aufbaustufe) geh.: anfällig für Krankheiten, nicht richtig gesund Synonyme: angekränkelt, kränkelnd, krankheitsanfällig, kränklich, schwächlich, labil Beispiel: Er ist ein morbider Romantiker …
15morbid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or showing an unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease. 2) Medicine of the nature of or indicative of disease. DERIVATIVES morbidity noun morbidly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin morbus disease …
16morbid — adjective Etymology: Latin morbidus diseased, from morbus disease Date: 1656 1. a. of, relating to, or characteristic of disease < morbid anatomy > b. affected with or induced by disease < a morbid condition > c. productive of disease < …
17morbid — mor|bid [ˈmo:bıd US ˈmo:r ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: morbidus diseased , from morbus illness ] 1.) with a strong and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death morbid fascination/curiosity ▪ a morbid fascination… …
18morbid — adj. morbid about (don t be morbid about the future) * * * [ mɔːbɪd] morbid about (don t be morbid about the future) …
19morbid — 1. Diseased or pathologic. 2. In psychology, abnormal or deviant. [L. morbidus, ill, fr. morbus, disease] * * * mor·bid mȯr bəd adj 1 a) of, relating to, or characteristic of disease b) affected with or induced by disease <a morbid… …
20morbid — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)bɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person or their interest in something as morbid, you mean that they are very interested in unpleasant things, especially death, and you think this is strange. Some people have a… …
