morbid

English

WOTD – 30 October 2009

Etymology

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.bɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

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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

Related terms

• morbidezza
• morbilous

Translations

of or relating to disease

• Armenian: հիվանդագին (hy) (hivandagin), հիվանդոտ (hy) (hivandot)
• Catalan: mòrbid m, mòrbida f
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: morbide (nl), ongezond (nl), ziek (nl), ziekelijk (nl)
• Finnish: sairaalloinen (fi), sairas (fi)
• Galician: mórbido m, mórbida f
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• German: morbid (de)
• Irish: galrach
• Italian: morboso (it)
• Russian: боле́зненный (ru) (boléznennyj), нездоро́вый (ru) (nezdoróvyj)
• Spanish: mórbido (es)
• Turkish: hastalıklı (tr)

unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically

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• Dutch: morbide (nl), ongezond (nl), ziekelijk (nl)
• Finnish: sairaalloinen (fi), sairas (fi)
• Galician: mórbido m
• Georgian: არაჯანსაღი (araǯansaɣi), ავადმყოფური (avadmq̇opuri)
• German: krankhaft (de)
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• Hebrew: מורבידי (he)
• Hungarian: beteges (hu), morbid (hu)
• Italian: morboso (it)
• Norwegian: morbid
• Portuguese: mórbido (pt) m
• Russian: ненорма́льный (ru) (nenormálʹnyj), нездоро́вый (ru) (nezdoróvyj)
• Spanish: morboso (es)

suggesting the horror of death

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• Dutch: morbide (nl), macaber (nl)
• Finnish: kammottava (fi), makaaberi (fi)
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• Hebrew: מורבידי (he)
• Italian: raccapricciante (it)
• Norwegian: morbid
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grisly, gruesome

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: morbide (nl), akelig (nl), gruwelijk (nl), macaber (nl)
• Finnish: kammottava (fi), kauhea (fi), hirveä (fi), järkyttävä (fi)
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• Italian: raccapricciante (it)
• Norwegian: morbid
• Russian: омерзи́тельный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} morbide (fr), ^{(please verify)} macabre (fr), ^{(please verify)} malsain (fr), ^{(please verify)} pathologique (fr)
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Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “morbid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bromid

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁˈbiːt/

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Adjective

morbid (comparative morbider, superlative am morbidsten)

1. morbid

Derived terms

• komorbid
• Morbidität