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morbid

/ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
mor-bid
IPA
/ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.

adj

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

adj

Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.

adj

Grisly or gruesome.

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/
  • British English: /ˈmɔː.bɪd/

Inflected Forms

more morbid (comparative) most morbid (superlative)

Derived Forms

comorbid comorbidity hypermorbidity intermorbid monomorbid morbidity morbidize morbidly morbidness Morute multimorbid nonmorbid

Phrases

morbid obesity morbid owlet

Frequently Paired Words

morbidezza morbilous

Synonyms

pathological sick twisted unhealthy unwholesome warped black ghoulish grim macabre bloody disgusting

Questions

How do you pronounce morbid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/.
What does morbid mean?
Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
Where does morbid come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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