morbid

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.? Latin morbus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin morbidusder. English morbid From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morī (“to die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

   ““Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes!””

2. Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.

   “morbid boy”

   “morbid child”

3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.

   “morbid poem”

   “morbid song”

4. Grisly or gruesome.

   “morbid video”