morbid
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Definition of morbid
1a : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease morbid anatomy
b : affected with or induced by disease a morbid condition
c : productive of disease morbid substances
2 : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
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Synonyms & Antonyms for morbid
Synonyms
black, bleak, cheerless, chill, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morose, murky, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, wretched
Antonyms
bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny
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Examples of morbid in a Sentence
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And while an art show dedicated to nightmares might sound morbid, Douglas sees it as a net positive. — Jef Rouner, Houston Chronicle, "Wilde Collection art show makes dark less scary for young artists," 21 June 2018 Obituary confessions are, of course, not always so morbid. — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, "‘This world is a better place without her’: A family’s savage final send-off to their mother," 5 June 2018 These are not, as is sometimes claimed, the remains of vaporized individuals, but rather a kind of morbid nuclear photograph. — Daily Intelligencer, "This Is What a Nuclear Bomb Looks Like," 12 June 2018 The sample will be compared with a sample provided by Graham and should offer a morbid capstone of Graham’s long search for the truth. — Michael Rezendes, BostonGlobe.com, "Body of priest exhumed to establish whether he fathered a child decades ago," 19 June 2018 Uninspired plotting lands him in mutant prison, shackled by a techno-collar that renders his mutant powers useless and brings back his cancer, which, in turn, allows for some impressively morbid fight scenes featuring body-twisting physical humor. — Jen Yamato, latimes.com, "Snark conquers all in 'Deadpool 2,' a superhero sequel that's more of the same," 15 May 2018 Half the people who will tune into the match will probably be doing so out of morbid curiosity. — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, "Logan and Jake Paul’s fight with KSI is shaping up to be deeply embarrassing," 22 June 2018 Not to be morbid about it, but her father had lived to be ninety-nine. — Joseph O’neill, The New Yorker, "The First World," 21 June 2018 This process is necessarily morbid: What’s vital today will be interred tomorrow, under the euphemistic placard of classic. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Was Classic Rock a Sound, or a Tribe?," 28 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'morbid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for morbid
morbid
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English Language Learners Definition of morbid
: relating to unpleasant subjects (such as death)
: not healthy or normal
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Kids Definition of morbid
1 : not healthy or normal He has a morbid fear of snakes.
2 : having or showing an interest in unpleasant or gloomy things Some stared at the afflicted child with morbid fascination … —Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game
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Medical Definition of morbid
1a : of, relating to, or characteristic of disease
b : affected with or induced by disease a morbid condition morbid alteration of tissues
c : productive of disease morbid substances
2 : abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings
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