MORBID

diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological

(adjective) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; “diseased tonsils”; “a morbid growth”; “pathologic tissue”; “pathological bodily processes”

ghoulish, morbid

(adjective) suggesting the horror of death and decay; “morbid details”

morbid

(adjective) suggesting an unhealthy mental state; “morbid interest in death”; “morbid curiosity”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)

(originally) Of, or relating to disease. [from 1650s]

(by extension) Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]

Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish

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

Anagrams

• bromid

Source: Wiktionary

Mor"bid, a. Etym: [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal.]

1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." Hawthorne.

2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.

Syn.

– Diseased; sickly; sick.

– Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition