morbid

(Engels)

  1. Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
  2. (broadly) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
  3. Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish.
  4. Grisly or gruesome.

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmɔː.bɪd/
Etymologie (Engels)

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”).

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